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ORBITAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the eye socket
Example:
orbital arch
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
orbit (the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball)
Derivation:
orbit (the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to an orbit
Example:
orbital velocity
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another)
Derivation:
orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another)
orbit (the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom)
Context examples:
This one, the Earth-sized Kepler-80g, and four of its neighboring planets form what is called a resonant chain - where planets are locked by their mutual gravity in a rhythmic orbital dance.
(Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star, NASA)
The gravitational pull among the planets creates slight changes to their orbital periods, and from these timing effects planetary masses can be derived.
('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)
A non-Hodgkin lymphoma arising from the conjunctiva, lacrimal gland, lacrimal drainage apparatus, eyelids, or other orbital tissues around the eye.
(Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Any subcellular metabolic process in which at least one of the participants has one or more electrons that singly occupy an electron orbital.
(Free Radical Process, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers in Australia believe the technology would be able to change the path of orbital junk to prevent collisions with satellites.
(Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk, VOA)
Planet Nine's orbital influence would explain why these bodies from the distant Kuiper Belt end up "polluting" the inner Kuiper Belt.
(The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner, NASA)
This is a little over one tenth the distance to the Moon and just above the orbital altitude of communications satellites.
(Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach, NASA)
The planets' orbital periods range from five-and-a-half to 24 days, and two of them may experience irradiation levels from their star comparable to those on Earth.
(Kepler Confirms 100+ Exoplanets During Its K2 Mission, NASA)
Preliminary orbital calculations suggested that the object had come from the approximate direction of the bright star Vega, in the northern constellation of Lyra.
(ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before, ESO)
The spacecraft’s first orbital insertion is scheduled for Dec. 31, and OSIRIS-REx will remain in orbit until mid-February 2019, when it exits to initiate another series of flybys for the next survey phase.
(NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Discovers Water on Asteroid, NASA)
