orbital

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).
3. (UK, not-comparable) (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.

Noun

1. 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.
2. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of orbital motorway.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of orbital sander.

Synonyms

circuitous

ecliptic

itinerant

orbit

path

🛣️

rail

rotatory

roundabout

roving

track

eye socket-related

Translations

orbital

orbitale

orbital

orbital

orbital

orbitale

orbital

orbitaal

orbitaire

τροχιακός

orbital

Orbital

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔː.bɪt.əl/

Etymology

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.