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Added 9 October 2026

orbital

/ɔː.bɪt.əl/ adjective

Latin root: orbitālis Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about orbital at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Of or relating to an orbit.
orbital revolution
Of or relating to the eye socket.
orbital scale

Origin

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.

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