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orbital
[awr-bi-tl]
noun
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom atomic orbital or in a molecule molecular orbital.
the electron in that state.
orbital
/ ˈɔːɪə /
adjective
of or denoting an orbit
(of a motorway or major road circuit) circling a large city
noun
a region surrounding an atomic nucleus in which the probability distribution of the electrons is given by a wave function
an orbital road
Other 51Թ Forms
- interorbital adjective
- interorbitally adverb
- preorbital adjective
- superorbital adjective
- transorbital adjective
- unorbital adjective
- unorbitally adverb
- ˈǰٲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Among the threats publicly identified by US defence officials are hypersonic weapons able to move faster than the speed of sound and fractional orbital bombardment systems - also called Fobs - that could deliver warheads from space.
If treatment is successful, he will eventually require extremely risky orbital reconstruction surgery.
Observations and data gathered since the initial sighting concluded that, as of Jan. 31, the asteroid is 30 million miles from Earth and moving farther away on its orbital path around the sun.
"Therefore, it is crucial to treat the orbital environment as a finite resource that requires protection and conservation."
It has the shortest orbital period of any known comet within our solar system, taking just 3.3 years to orbit the Sun.
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