orbital

See also: Orbital

English

Etymology

Probably from Latin orbitalis

Adjective

orbital (comparative more orbital, superlative most orbital)

1. Of or relating to an orbit.
2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).
3. (roads, railways) passing around the outside of a certain 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?

Translations

Of or relating to an orbit

• Catalan: orbital (ca)
• Esperanto: orbita
• French: orbital (fr)
• German: orbital (de)
• Ido: orbitala (io)
• Italian: orbitale (it)
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• Polish: orbitalny (pl)
• Portuguese: orbital
• Romanian: orbital (ro)
• Russian: орбита́льный (ru) (orbitálʹnyj)
• Spanish: orbital (es), orbitario

Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole)

• Catalan: orbital (ca)
• Dutch: orbitaal (nl)
• French: orbital (fr), orbitaire (fr)
• German: orbital (de)
• Ido: orbitala (io)
• Italian: orbitale (it)
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• Polish: orbitalny (pl), oczodołowy
• Portuguese: orbital
• Russian: глазни́чный (ru) (glazníčnyj), орбита́льный (ru) (orbitálʹnyj)
• Spanish: orbital (es), orbitario
• Swedish: orbital (sv)

Noun

orbital (plural orbitals)

1. (physics) A specification of the energy and probability density of an electron at any point in an atom or molecule.
2. An orbital motorway.

Derived terms

• atomic orbital
• molecular orbital

Translations

energy and probability density

• Dutch: orbitaal (nl) c
• German: Orbital (de) n
• Irish: fithiseán m
• Polish: orbital (pl) m
• Russian: орбита́ль (ru) f (orbitálʹ)
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• Spanish: orbital (es) m
• Tagalog: ligiranan
• Turkish: orbital (tr)
• Vietnamese: obitan

See also

• quantum number

References

• “orbital”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• tar boil, tar-boil

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ur.biˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [or.biˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oɾ.biˈtal]

Adjective

orbital m or f (masculine and feminine plural orbitals)

1. orbital (of or relating to an orbit)

Related terms

• òrbita
• orbitari

Further reading

• “orbital” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From orbite +‎ -al.

Adjective

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

1. orbital

Further reading

• “orbital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Adjective

orbital m or f (plural orbitais)

1. orbital

Related terms

• órbita
• orbitar

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁbɪˈtaːl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

orbital (not comparable)

1. orbital

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Portuguese

Adjective

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾbiˈtal/ [oɾ.β̞iˈt̪al]

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

Derived terms

• suborbital

Related terms

• órbita
• orbitar
• orbitario

Noun

orbital m (plural orbitales)

1. (chemistry) orbital

Further reading

• “orbital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014