Antonyms for orbital


Grammar : Adj
Spell : awr-bi-tl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr bɪ tl


Definition of orbital

Origin :
  • 1540s, with reference to eye sockets; 1839 with reference to heavenly bodies; from orbit (n.) + -al (1).
  • As in periodic : adj at fixed intervals
Example sentences :
  • But, because of it's great mass, our orbital velocity is something terrific!
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • He told me to fall out to him at a greater than orbital speed.
  • Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
  • Also there are differences in the breadth of the orbital ring.
  • Extract from : « The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 » by Rollin H. Baker
  • Its diameter is 3000 miles, and it completes its orbital revolution in 88 days.
  • Extract from : « Comets and Meteors » by Daniel Kirkwood
  • What is the orbital speed of Mercury, and what that of Neptune?
  • Extract from : « The Chautauquan, Vol. III, February 1883 » by The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
  • The mass of Venus is ascertained by the perturbations in the orbital motion of the earth.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
  • The form of the spiral is preserved by the orbital motion of its particles.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
  • Its kidneys, however, are non-lobate, and it has orbital glands.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • The variation in the orbital velocity of some comets is enormous.
  • Extract from : « Astronomical Curiosities » by J. Ellard Gore
  • Probably it was their orbital formation that had made him think they were moons.
  • Extract from : « Once a Greech » by Evelyn E. Smith

Synonyms for orbital

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