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orbital.

Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɔː.bɪt.əl/Received-Pronunciation/ɔː.bɪt.l̩/Received-Pronunciation/ɔɹ.bət.l̩/General-American
  1. Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).

    not-comparable
  2. Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).

    not-comparable
  3. (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.

    UK · not-comparable
    The M25 is an orbital motorway around London.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin orbitālis, from orbita (“a track or rut; a circuit, orbit”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to orbit + -al. Doublet of orbitalis.

noun/ɔː.bɪt.əl/Received-Pronunciation/ɔː.bɪt.l̩/Received-Pronunciation/ɔɹ.bət.l̩/General-American
  1. A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any point in an atom or molecule, representable as a wave function.

  2. Ellipsis of orbital motorway.

    UK · abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  3. Ellipsis of orbital sander.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin orbitālis, from orbita (“a track or rut; a circuit, orbit”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to orbit + -al. Doublet of orbitalis.

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