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orbical

orbical adjective: synonym of orbicular.

Adjective

orbical (comparative more orbical, superlative most orbical)

  1. Synonym of orbicular.
    • And there are questions respecting this stellar universe which still puzzle the most profound: gravitation, chemical affinity, polarity, the number and distances of some of the celestial bodies; why they are just so orbical, elliptical, or erratic; how many are inhabited, and by what forms of life...1870 October, James Manning Sherwood, “Chance”, in Hours at Home: a Popular Monthly of Instruction and Recreation, volume 11, page 523
    • This superimposed argon exerted throughout an unimaginable rigorous pressure over the whole orbical nebula, translative to a sphere of petrified ice and sundry ice ages following relentlessly one another.1953, Philip Warsaw, Genesis, Mother of Sciences: An Exposition, page 37
    Synonyms:
    orbicular

Synonyms of orbical

Forms of orbical

comparativemore orbical
superlativemost orbical

Origin of orbical

From orb + -ical.

Questions about orbical

What does orbical mean?
Orbical means synonym of orbicular.
What part of speech is orbical?
Orbical is an adjective.

Words near orbical in the dictionary

  1. orbed
  2. Orbegoso
  3. Orbelian
  4. Orbelians
  5. orbic
  6. orbical
  7. orbicle
  8. orbicles
  9. orbicula
  10. orbiculae
  11. orbicular

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