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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

planetside en · ADJ

Etymology

From planet + -side.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) On a planet.
    • For Kincaid, that planet represented the chance to finally take part in a planetside assault out of the Marine legends on which he'd been weaned—a chance this mass butchery misnamed a war had offered in all too short supply. 2002, David Weber, Steve White, The Shiva option:

Deriveds

planetsider

planetside en · ADV

Etymology

From planet + -side.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) On or to a planet.
    • EOS (HNS) - Dead Coming Home The remains of colonists who died in the first attempts to settle Eos are coming home. Remains from Sites 1 and 2 have finally been recovered, giving closure to numerous families aboard the Nexus. There are now calls for an inquiry into why the bodies were left planetside after two failed attempts to establish outposts. 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, PC, scene: Nexus:

Relateds

spaceside · earthside