orbital

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English

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.

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Adjective

orbital (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
  2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).
  3. (chiefly UK) (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.
    The M25 is an orbital motorway around London.
    • 2019 October 23, Rail, pages 22, 23:
      The rail orbital routes outside of the M25 and South Coast are challenging. The corridors aren't particularly reliable, and in some places they don't exist. [...] But the reliability and journey times, particularly on the orbital routes: one train an hour from Gatwick Airport to Reading? Surely we can do better than that?

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Noun

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Wikipedia

orbital (plural orbitals)

  1. (physics) A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any point in an atom or molecule, and can be represented as a wave function.
    Hyponyms: antibonding orbital, atomic orbital, bonding orbital, hybrid orbital, frontier orbital, molecular orbital
  2. (chiefly UK) Ellipsis of orbital motorway.
  3. Short for orbital sander.
    • 1967, Popular Mechanics, volume 128, number 6, page 166:
      As with most power tools, orbitals can be divided into light and heavy-duty categories.

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Pronunciation

Adjective

orbital m or f (masculine and feminine plural orbitals)

  1. orbital (of or relating to an orbit)

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French

Etymology

From orbite +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

orbital (feminine orbitale, masculine plural orbitaux, feminine plural orbitales)

  1. orbital

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Galician

Adjective

orbital m or f (plural orbitais)

  1. orbital

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

orbital (strong nominative masculine singular orbitaler, not comparable)

  1. orbital

Declension

Positive forms of orbital (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist orbital sie ist orbital es ist orbital sie sind orbital
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative orbitaler orbitale orbitales orbitale
genitive orbitalen orbitaler orbitalen orbitaler
dative orbitalem orbitaler orbitalem orbitalen
accusative orbitalen orbitale orbitales orbitale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der orbitale die orbitale das orbitale die orbitalen
genitive des orbitalen der orbitalen des orbitalen der orbitalen
dative dem orbitalen der orbitalen dem orbitalen den orbitalen
accusative den orbitalen die orbitale das orbitale die orbitalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein orbitaler eine orbitale ein orbitales (keine) orbitalen
genitive eines orbitalen einer orbitalen eines orbitalen (keiner) orbitalen
dative einem orbitalen einer orbitalen einem orbitalen (keinen) orbitalen
accusative einen orbitalen eine orbitale ein orbitales (keine) orbitalen

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: or‧bi‧tal

Adjective

orbital m or f (plural orbitais, not comparable)

  1. (astrophysics) orbital (of or relating to an orbit)
  2. (anatomy) orbital (of or relating to the eye socket)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French orbital.

Adjective

orbital m or n (feminine singular orbitală, masculine plural orbitali, feminine and neuter plural orbitale)

  1. orbital

Declension

Declension of orbital
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite orbital orbitală orbitali orbitale
definite orbitalul orbitala orbitalii orbitalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite orbital orbitale orbitali orbitale
definite orbitalului orbitalei orbitalilor orbitalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾbiˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: or‧bi‧tal

Adjective

orbital m or f (masculine and feminine plural orbitales)

  1. orbital (of or relating to an orbit)
    Synonym: orbitario
  2. (anatomy) orbital (of or relating to the eye socket)
    Synonym: orbitario

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Noun

orbital m (plural orbitales)

  1. (chemistry) orbital

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