orbital
adjective/ˈɔːbɪtl/
/ˈɔːrbɪtl/
[only before noun]- connected with the orbit of a planet or object in spaceTopics Spacec2
- (British English) (of a road) built around the edge of a town or city to reduce the amount of traffic travelling through the centre
Word Originmid 16th cent. (referring to the eye socket): probably from medieval Latin orbitalis, from Latin orbita ‘course, track’ (in medieval Latin ‘eye socket’), feminine of orbitus ‘circular’, from orbis ‘ring’.
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