orbitary
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]orbitary (not comparable)
- Pertaining to an orbit; orbital.
- 1905, William Appleby, The Physical Constitution of the Sun, page 329:
- As the angle is extremely small, the orbitary interception will be long, and the two members will continue to pull round each other for some distance in the same orbit.
- Situated around the orbit.
- the orbitary feathers of a bird