interplanetary

«interplanetary» in Mova's school dictionary: Between planets, or travelling from one planet to another — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (interplanetary)

meaning for a pupil

Between planets, or travelling from one planet to another. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and space lessons: interplanetary space, interplanetary probes or missions; in science fiction stories, interplanetary travel. It tells the reader the topic is space beyond Earth.

examples

• The probe began its long interplanetary journey. tree →
• Interplanetary space is almost empty. tree →
• In the film, an interplanetary war broke out. tree →
• One day people may make interplanetary trips to Mars. tree →
• Interplanetary distances are huge. tree →
• The comic is about an interplanetary postman. tree →

note

Inter- means between; compare international (between nations) and interstellar (between stars, much farther). Distances between planets are measured in millions of kilometres.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «interplanetary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.