orbital
noun/ˈɔːbɪtl/
/ˈɔːrbɪtl/
(British English)- a very large ring road, especially if it is a motorway
- the M25 London orbital
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’.Definitions on the go
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