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orbituary

orbituary adjective: synonym of orbital. Also the misspelling of obituary.

Adjective

orbituary (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Synonym of orbital.
    • It would be impossible, while the sun or electric body remained unaltered, and these planets retained their primary condition, that their axillary and orbituary motions, and distances from the centre, should ever change through an endless succession of ages.1828, American Medical Recorder, volumes 13-14, page 328
    • In an engine, the combination of an expansion-chamber and piston therefor, means supporting said chamber and piston for orbituary movement[…]1907, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
    Synonyms:
    orbital

Also used as

orbituary is also the misspelling of obituary.

Synonyms of orbituary

Origin of orbituary

From orbitu- (in orbitual) + -ary.

Questions about orbituary

What does orbituary mean?
Orbituary means synonym of orbital.
What part of speech is orbituary?
Orbituary is an adjective.

Words near orbituary in the dictionary

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

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