Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orbitary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-bitary
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to an orbit; orbital.

adj

Situated around the orbit.

Example Sentences

"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."
"the orbitary feathers of a bird"

Etymology

From orbit + -ary.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: orbit

Derived Forms

suborbitary

Questions

What does orbitary mean?: Pertaining to an orbit; orbital.
Where does orbitary come from?: From orbit + -ary.

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