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orbitary

orbitary adjective: pertaining to an orbit; orbital.

Adjective

orbitary (not comparable)

  1. 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
  2. Situated around the orbit.
    • the orbitary feathers of a bird

Origin of orbitary

From orbit + -ary.

Words formed from orbitary

Questions about orbitary

What does orbitary mean?
Orbitary means pertaining to an orbit; orbital.
What part of speech is orbitary?
Orbitary is an adjective.

Words near orbitary in the dictionary

  1. orbitales
  2. orbitalis
  3. orbitally
  4. orbitals
  5. orbitar
  6. orbitary
  7. orbitational
  8. orbited
  9. orbiter
  10. orbiters
  11. orbitestellid

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