orbital

«orbital» in Mova's school dictionary: to do with an orbit, the path of something going round a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (orbital); noun (an orbital, orbitals)

meaning for a pupil

1) Orbital means to do with an orbit, the path of something going round a planet, star or moon. tree →

2) (UK) An orbital road goes round a city, like London's M25. tree →

3) The orbital bone is the bony cup around the eye. tree →

4) (science) An orbital is a region in an atom where electrons are found. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on space (orbital period, orbital speed) and in geography and road maps.

examples

• The Moon's orbital period is about 27 days. tree →
• The space station has an orbital speed of about 28,000 km an hour. tree →
• The M25 is an orbital motorway round London. tree →
• He hurt his orbital bone playing rugby. tree →
• Earth's orbital path is almost a circle. tree →
• Satellites are placed in orbital paths around Earth. tree →

note

From «orbit» + «-al». In a maths or science problem, the orbital period is the time for one full trip round; Earth's is about 365 days.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «orbital» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.