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orbitual

orbitual adjective: synonym of orbital.

Adjective

orbitual (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) Synonym of orbital.
    • [I]t will now be found that we are within the reach of a link of the chain which connects the principles of the solar and sidereal motions with those that are the cause of orbitual ones.1806 February 27, William Herschel, “On the Quantity and Velocity of the Solar Motion”, in Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London. […], part I, London: […] W. Bulmer and Co. […]...
    • Having learned to attribute an orbitual motion to the earth, it loses this advantage, which is transferred to the sun, as the fixed centre about which its orbit is performed.1833, John F[rederick] W[illiam] Herschel, “Of the Sun’s Motion”, in A Treatise on Astronomy (The Cabinet Cyclopædia), London: […] Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, […] and John Taylor...
    Synonyms:
    orbital

Examples of orbitual in a sentence

  • These forces are in the direction of the moon’s orbitual motion, and therefore her linear velocity is augmented.1878 December 19, “‘On the Precession of a Viscous Spheroid, and on the Remote History of the Earth.’ By George H[oward] Darwin, […]....
  • Black/Decker sander, dual action, orbitual movement.1999 May 6, “Home Improvements”, in Gwent Gazette, Merthyr Tydfil, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34:

Synonyms of orbitual

Origin of orbitual

From orbit + -u- + -al, perhaps after habitual.

Questions about orbitual

What does orbitual mean?
Orbitual means synonym of orbital.
How do you use orbitual in a sentence?
These forces are in the direction of the moon’s orbitual motion, and therefore her linear velocity is augmented.
What part of speech is orbitual?
Orbitual is an adjective.

Words near orbitual in the dictionary

  1. orbitotomy
  2. orbitozygomatic
  3. orbitrap
  4. orbitraps
  5. orbits
  6. orbitual
  7. orbituary
  8. orbitude
  9. orbity
  10. orbiviral
  11. orbivirus

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