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# orbital

adjective (orbital); noun (an orbital, orbitals)

«orbital» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Orbital means to do with an orbit, the path of something going round a planet, star or moon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/#m1)
2. (UK) An orbital road goes round a city, like London's M25. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/#m2)
3. The orbital bone is the bony cup around the eye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/#m3)
4. (science) An orbital is a region in an atom where electrons are found. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on space (orbital period, orbital speed) and in geography and road maps.

### Examples

- The Moon's orbital period is about 27 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/#x1)
- The space station has an orbital speed of about 28,000 km an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/#x2)
- The M25 is an orbital motorway round London. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/#x3)
- He hurt his orbital bone playing rugby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/#x4)
- Earth's orbital path is almost a circle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/#x5)
- Satellites are placed in orbital paths around Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/#x6)

### Note

From «orbit» + «-al». In a maths or science problem, the orbital period is the time for one full trip round; Earth's is about 365 days.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «orbital» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orbital/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«orbital» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/orbital.html) on Mova free.