DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
major planet
/'meɪdʒər_'plænɪt/ · meɪdʒərplænɪt
Major planet has 3 syllables: ma · jor plan · et.
ma
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jor plan
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et
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noun. (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction.
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