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exoplanet
This term is a portmanteau of extra-solar and planet, specifically used in astrophysics to distinguish celestial bodies from those within our own solar system. It carries a connotation of discovery and scientific exploration, often appearing in academic journals or news reports regarding the search for habitable worlds.
While the word follows standard English pluralization rules, it is used exclusively as a countable noun. In technical discourse, it is frequently paired with descriptors like terrestrial, gas giant, or super-Earth to categorize the physical nature of the discovered body.
Meanings
Examples
The telescope detected a rocky exoplanet orbiting a distant red dwarf.
Do you think any exoplanet out there actually supports life?
I wonder if an exoplanet exists with two suns like in the movies.
The professor explained how the transit method is used to find an exoplanet.
Scientists are analyzing the atmosphere of a newly discovered exoplanet.
Scientists are analyzing the atmosphere of a newly discovered exoplanet.
That exoplanet is far too hot for liquid water to exist on its surface.
We must find a habitable exoplanet if we ever want to leave this solar system.
The data suggests this exoplanet is a gas giant similar to Jupiter.