"orbital" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɔː.bɪt.əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɔː.bɪt.l̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɔɹ.bət.l̩/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-orbital.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-orbital.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|orbitālis}} Medieval Latin orbitālis, {{af|la|orbita|-ālis|nocat=1|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=a track or rut; a circuit, orbit|t2=-al}} orbita (“a track or rut; a circuit, orbit”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), {{suffix|en|orbit|al}} orbit + -al, {{doublet|en|orbitalis}} Doublet of orbitalis Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} orbital (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (of or relating to an orbit): орбитален (orbitalen) (Bulgarian), orbital (Catalan), orbita (Esperanto), orbital (French), orbital (German), orbitala (Ido), orbitale (Italian), orbitalny (Polish), orbital (Portuguese), orbital (Romanian), орбита́льный (orbitálʹnyj) (Russian), orbital (Spanish), orbitario (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-orbital-en-adj-JzQ5mfnI Disambiguation of Astronomy: 11 22 12 15 21 19 Disambiguation of 'of or relating to an orbit': 60 40 0
  2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy, Astronomy Translations (of or relating to the eye socket): на очната кухина (na očnata kuhina) (Bulgarian), orbital (Catalan), 眼眶的 (alt: yǎnkuàng de, (Taiwan) yǎnkuāng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 眶的 (alt: kuàng de, (Taiwan) kuāng de) (Chinese Mandarin), orbitaal (Dutch), orbital (French), orbitaire (French), orbital (German), orbitala (Ido), orbitale (Italian), orbitalny (Polish), oczodołowy (Polish), orbital (Portuguese), глазни́чный (glazníčnyj) (Russian), орбита́льный (orbitálʹnyj) (Russian), orbital (Spanish), orbitario (Spanish), orbital (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-orbital-en-adj-iosu67Es Disambiguation of Astronomy: 11 22 12 15 21 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 15 13 25 24 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or relating to the eye socket': 4 90 6
  3. (chiefly UK) (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area. Tags: UK, not-comparable Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-orbital-en-adj-b9GRP8I8 Disambiguation of Astronomy: 11 22 12 15 21 19 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 15 13 25 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ɔː.bɪt.əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɔː.bɪt.l̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɔɹ.bət.l̩/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-orbital.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-orbital.wav [US] Forms: orbitals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|orbitālis}} Medieval Latin orbitālis, {{af|la|orbita|-ālis|nocat=1|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=a track or rut; a circuit, orbit|t2=-al}} orbita (“a track or rut; a circuit, orbit”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), {{suffix|en|orbit|al}} orbit + -al, {{doublet|en|orbitalis}} Doublet of orbitalis Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Categories (topical): Physics, Astronomy Translations (energy and probability density): орбитала (orbitala) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 軌道 (Chinese Mandarin), 轨道 (guǐdào) (Chinese Mandarin), 軌函 (Chinese Mandarin), 轨函 (guǐhán) (Chinese Mandarin), 軌域 (Chinese Mandarin), 轨域 (guǐyù) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), orbitaal [common-gender] (Dutch), orbitale [feminine] (French), Orbital [neuter] (German), fithiseán [masculine] (Irish), 軌道 (kidō) (alt: きどう) (Japanese), орбиталь (orbital) (Kazakh), អរប៊ីតាល់ (ʼɑɑbiital) (Khmer), 궤도 (gwedo) (alt: 軌道) (Korean), orbital [masculine] (Polish), orbital [feminine] (Portuguese), орбита́ль (orbitálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), orbitala [feminine] (Slovene), orbital [masculine] (Spanish), ligiranan (Tagalog), orbital (Turkish), obitan (Vietnamese), đám mây (Vietnamese), quỹ vực (Vietnamese), orbital (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-orbital-en-noun-yQH1E9DQ Disambiguation of Astronomy: 11 22 12 15 21 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 15 13 25 24 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'energy and probability density': 52 33 15
  2. (chiefly UK) Ellipsis of orbital motorway. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: orbital motorway Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-orbital-en-noun-dHW4xnjo Disambiguation of Astronomy: 11 22 12 15 21 19 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 15 13 25 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 5 19 18 13 27 18
  3. Short for orbital sander. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: orbital sander Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-orbital-en-noun-ufrhmrTh Disambiguation of Astronomy: 11 22 12 15 21 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 15 13 25 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inner orbital complex, intraorbital, molecular orbital theory, orbital quantum number Related terms: quantum number

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "orbitalen",
      "sense": "of or relating to an orbit",
      "word": "орбитален"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "orbita"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to an orbit",
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to an orbit",
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "of or relating to an orbit",
      "word": "orbitala"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "of or relating to an orbit",
      "word": "orbitale"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to an orbit",
      "word": "orbitalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to an orbit",
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to an orbit",
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "orbitálʹnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to an orbit",
      "word": "орбита́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to an orbit",
      "word": "orbitario"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "na očnata kuhina",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "на очната кухина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "alt": "yǎnkuàng de, (Taiwan) yǎnkuāng de",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "眼眶的"
    },
    {
      "alt": "kuàng de, (Taiwan) kuāng de",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "眶的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbitaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbitaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
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    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbitala"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbitale"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbitalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "oczodołowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glazníčnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "глазни́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "orbitálʹnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "орбита́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbitario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the eye socket",
      "word": "orbital"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "word": "inner orbital complex"
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      "word": "intraorbital"
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    {
      "word": "orbital quantum number"
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      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of orbital motorway."
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "orbitala",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "орбитала"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "軌道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǐdào",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "轨道"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "軌函"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǐhán",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "轨函"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "軌域"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǐyù",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "轨域"
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      "sense": "energy and probability density",
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        "common-gender"
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orbitale"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Orbital"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fithiseán"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きどう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kidō",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "軌道"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "orbital",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "орбиталь"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼɑɑbiital",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "អរប៊ីតាល់"
    },
    {
      "alt": "軌道",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwedo",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "궤도"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "orbitálʹ",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "орбита́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "ligiranan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "orbital"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "obitan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "đám mây"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
      "word": "quỹ vực"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "energy and probability density",
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    "electron orbital"
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}

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