orbital en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɔɹ.bət.l̩/ (General-American)
- /ɔː.bɪt.l̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ɔː.bɪt.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
The 1.2-meter-diameter (4-foot-diameter) telescope has set off on a monthlong journey to its orbital destination of the sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, which is nearly 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away from Earth and also home to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Euclid will keep pace with Earth as our planet orbits the sun.
2021 December 24, Don Lincoln, “The telescope that will replace Hubble will launch on Christmas. Here’s why it matters”, in CNN:
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).
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(UK, not-comparable) (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.
The rail orbital routes outside of the M25 and South Coast are challenging. The corridors aren't particularly reliable, and in some places they don't exist. [...] But the reliability and journey times, particularly on the orbital routes: one train an hour from Gatwick Airport to Reading? Surely we can do better than that?
2019 October 23, Rail, pages 22, 23:The M25 is an orbital motorway around London.
Deriveds
zygomatico-orbital · orbital motorway · orbital element · periorbital · anteorbital · orbitally · postorbital · antorbital · sidereal orbital period · orbito- · sphenoorbital · orbital plane · orbital velocity · orbital fissure · nonorbital · coorbital · paraorbital · midorbital · orbital ridge · exorbital · maxilloorbital · biorbital · extraorbital · orbital defense platform · circumorbital · transorbital · cranioorbital · temporoorbital · superorbital · infraorbital · orbital mechanics · supraorbital · orbital index · retroorbital · preorbital · orbital process · sphenorbital · orbital riveting · orbital forming · ocellorbital · zygomaticoorbital · suborbital · retro-orbital · orbital sander · orbital cavity · interorbital · orbital symmetry · multiorbital · orbital apex syndrome · frontoorbital
Translations (37)
ca orbital (of or relating to an orbit) · bg орбитален (of or relating to an orbit) · fr orbitaire (of or relating to the eye socket) · fi kiertorata- (of or relating to an orbit) · ru глазни́чный (of or relating to the eye socket) · pl oczodołowy (of or relating to the eye socket) · io orbitala (of or relating to the eye socket) · cmn 眼眶的 (of or relating to the eye socket) · gl orbital (of or relating to an orbit) · fi silmäkuoppa- (of or relating to the eye socket) · de orbital (of or relating to an orbit) · de orbital (of or relating to the eye socket) · nl orbitaal (of or relating to the eye socket) · cmn 眶的 (of or relating to the eye socket) · pl orbitalny (of or relating to an orbit) · eo orbita (of or relating to an orbit) · gl orbital (of or relating to the eye socket) · ca orbital (of or relating to the eye socket) · pt orbital (of or relating to the eye socket) · bg на очната кухина (of or relating to the eye socket) · ru орбита́льный (of or relating to an orbit) · pl orbitalny (of or relating to the eye socket) · hi कक्षक (of or relating to an orbit) · it orbitale (of or relating to an orbit) · io orbitala (of or relating to an orbit) · ro orbital (of or relating to an orbit) · sv orbital (of or relating to the eye socket) · es orbitario (of or relating to the eye socket) · fr orbital (of or relating to an orbit) · fr orbital (of or relating to the eye socket) · fi orbitaalinen (of or relating to an orbit) · es orbital (of or relating to an orbit) · ru орбита́льный (of or relating to the eye socket) · es orbital (of or relating to the eye socket) · pt orbital (of or relating to an orbit) · es orbitario (of or relating to an orbit) · it orbitale (of or relating to the eye socket)