aplanetic

[ ey-pluh-net-ik ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. having no motility.

aplanetic

/ ˌæpləˈnɛtɪk /

adjective

1. (esp of some algal and fungal spores) nonmotile or lacking a motile stage

Word History and Origins

Origin of aplanetic¹

a- ⁶ + Greek planēt ( ós ) wandering ( planet ) + -ic; aplanatic

Word History and Origins

Origin of aplanetic¹

variant of aplanatic

Example Sentences

Now one might discuss at length whether a novelist should concentrate on the general or on the particular, whether he should use the microscope or the aplanetic lense, and many champions will be found in the field.

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The invention of the aplanetic projector, due to Col.

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