orbital
Phonetic
US /ˈɔːrbɪtl/UK /ˈɔːbɪtl/
Translations
ADJOf or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft)., Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole)., (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.
NOUNEllipsis of orbital motorway., Short for orbital sander., A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any point in an atom or molecule, and can be represented as a wave function.
Variants
- orbitals: Plural
Examples
It will have the highest payload capacity of any orbital rocket ever built on its debut,
Source:en.wikipedia.org
For most of its orbital period, Sedna is farther from the Sun than any known
Source:en.wikipedia.org
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