terrestrial planet

1. 1.

   a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system

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Questions about terrestrial planet

What does terrestrial planet mean?

terrestrial planet means "a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system".

Is terrestrial planet a common word?

terrestrial planet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.