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[ adjective ] of or relating to an orbit
Examples "orbital revolution" "orbital velocity" Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)The Poynting-Robertson effect ( Robertson , 1937 ; Wyatt and Whipple , 1950 ) , which is a retardation of the orbital motion of particles by the relativistic aberration of the repulsive_force of the impinging solar_radiation , causes the dust to spiral into the sun in times much shorter than the age of the Earth . One may conclude that most_of the detected micrometeoritic material is concentrated in orbital streams which intersect the Earth 's orbit . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to the eye socket
Examples "orbital scale" "orbital arch" Related terms |
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