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orbital

  • adjective
  • /ɔː.bɪt.əl/

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

Other meanings

  1. Of or relating to the eye socket eyehole.

  2. of roads, railways Passing around the outside of an urban area.

    “The M25 is an orbital motorway around London.”

Word history

From Medieval Latin "orbitālis".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “orbital” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.