orbital
adjEtymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin orbitālis, from orbita (“a track or rut; a circuit, orbit”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to orbit + -al. Doublet of orbitalis.
- borrowed from orbitālis
Definitions
Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or…
Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).
(of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.
- The M25 is an orbital motorway around London.
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A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any…
A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any point in an atom or molecule, representable as a wave function.
Ellipsis of orbital motorway.
Ellipsis of orbital sander.
- As with most power tools, orbitals can be divided into light and heavy-duty categories.
The neighborhood
- neighborquantum number
Derived
anteorbital, antorbital, biorbital, circumorbital, coorbital, cranioorbital, exorbital, extraorbital, frontoorbital, infraorbital, interorbital, maxilloorbital, midorbital, multiorbital, nonorbital, ocellorbital, orbital apex syndrome, orbital cavity, orbital defense platform, orbital element, orbital fissure, orbital forming, orbital index, orbitally, orbital mechanics, orbital motorway, orbital plane, orbital process, orbital ridge, orbital riveting, orbital sander, orbital symmetry, orbital velocity, orbito-, paraorbital, periorbital, postorbital, preorbital, retro-orbital, retroorbital · +14 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at orbital. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at orbital. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at orbital
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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