interorbital

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adjective

Between orbitals.

OriginEnglish orbital ← Latin inter- ← Proto-Italic *n̥ter →
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Meanings

adjectiveinterorbital (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBetween orbitals.
  2. not comparableBetween orbits.
nouninterorbital (plural interorbitals)

plural interorbitals

  1. biologyAny of the scales between the orbits.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Englishorbital
  8. Englishinterorbital

From inter- + orbital.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with interorbital

orbitalsuborbitalperiorbitalsupraorbitalinfraorbitalanteorbitalbiorbitalcircumorbitalcoorbitalcranioorbitalexorbitalextraorbitalfrontoorbitalintraorbitalmaxilloorbitalmidorbitalmultiorbitalnonorbitalocellorbitalparaorbitalpostinfraorbitalpostorbitalpreorbitalsphenoorbital
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Cite this entry
APA

interorbital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interorbital

MLA

“interorbital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interorbital. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interorbital,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interorbital.

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