Meanings
orbituary1
- archaicnot comparablerareSynonym of orbital.
In an engine, the combination of an expansion-chamber and piston therefor, means supporting said chamber and piston for orbituary movement[…]
1907, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office1 more example
It would be impossible, while the sun or electric body remained unaltered, and these planets retained their primary condition, that their axillary and orbituary motions, and distances from the centre, should ever change through an endless succession of ages.
1828, American Medical Recorder, volumes 13-14, page 328Synonyms: orbital
orbituary2
- misspellingMisspelling of obituary.
The first is the well-known German journalist Wolf Schneider, author of numerous language guides on German, whose article Nachruf aufs Esperanto [‘An orbituary for Esperanto’], published in the respected Swiss journal Neue Zürcher Zeitung, claimed: […]
2022, Sabine Fiedler, Cyril Robert Brosch, “What is Esperanto?” (chapter 1), in Esperanto – Lingua Franca and Language Community, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 4
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of orbital.
Origin
From orbitu- (in orbitual) + -ary.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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