orbitary en · ADJ
Etymology
From orbit + -ary.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to an orbit; orbital.
As the angle is extremely small, the orbitary interception will be long, and the two members will continue to pull round each other for some distance in the same orbit.
1905, William Appleby, The Physical Constitution of the Sun, page 329:
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(not-comparable) Situated around the orbit.
the orbitary feathers of a bird