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7-letter words (1 found)

ORBITAL,

6-letter words (6 found)

BAILOR,OBITAL,ORBITA,RIALTO,TAILOR,TRIBAL,

5-letter words (25 found)

ABOIL,ABORT,ARIOT,BALTI,BIOTA,BLART,BLOAT,BOART,BOLAR,BORAL,BRAIL,BROIL,LABOR,LIART,LIBRA,LIROT,LOBAR,ORBIT,RATIO,ROTAL,TABOR,TOLAR,TRAIL,TRIAL,TRIOL,

4-letter words (61 found)

ABRI,AIRT,ALIT,ALTO,ARIL,ARTI,BAIL,BAIT,BIRL,BIRO,BITO,BLAT,BLIT,BLOT,BOAR,BOAT,BOIL,BOLA,BOLT,BORA,BORT,BOTA,BRAT,BRIO,BRIT,IOTA,LAIR,LARI,LATI,LIAR,LIRA,LOBI,LOIR,LOTA,LOTI,OBIA,OBIT,ORAL,RABI,RAIL,RAIT,RATO,RIAL,RIBA,RIOT,ROIL,ROTA,ROTI,ROTL,TABI,TAIL,TALI,TARO,TIAR,TIRL,TIRO,TOIL,TOLA,TORA,TORI,TRIO,

3-letter words (50 found)

ABO,AIL,AIR,AIT,ALB,ALT,ARB,ART,BAL,BAO,BAR,BAT,BIO,BIT,BOA,BOI,BOR,BOT,BRA,BRO,ITA,LAB,LAR,LAT,LIB,LIT,LOB,LOR,LOT,OAR,OAT,OBA,OBI,OIL,ORA,ORB,ORT,RAI,RAT,RIA,RIB,RIT,ROB,ROT,TAB,TAI,TAO,TAR,TIL,TOR,

2-letter words (19 found)

AB,AI,AL,AR,AT,BA,BI,BO,IO,IT,LA,LI,LO,OB,OI,OR,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 162 words from orbital according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of orbital

orbital

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin orbitālis, from orbita (“a track or rut; a circuit, orbit”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to orbit +‎ -al. Doublet of orbitalis.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔː.bɪt.əl/, /ɔː.bɪt.l̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɔɹ.bət.l̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl

Adjective

orbital (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
  2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).
  3. (chiefly UK) (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

orbital (plural orbitals)

  1. (physics) A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any point in an atom or molecule, and can be represented as a wave function.
    Hyponyms: antibonding orbital, atomic orbital, bonding orbital, hybrid orbital, frontier orbital, molecular orbital
  2. (chiefly UK) Ellipsis of orbital motorway.
  3. Short for orbital sander.

Derived terms

  • inner orbital complex
  • intraorbital
  • molecular orbital theory
  • orbital quantum number

Translations

See also

  • quantum number

References

  • “orbital”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “orbital”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • tar boil, tar-boil

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ur.biˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [or.biˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [oɾ.biˈtal]

Adjective

orbital m or f (masculine and feminine plural orbitals)

  1. orbital (of or relating to an orbit)

Related terms

  • òrbita
  • orbitari

Further reading

  • “orbital” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From orbite +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔʁ.bi.tal/

Adjective

orbital (feminine orbitale, masculine plural orbitaux, feminine plural orbitales)

  1. orbital

Further reading

  • “orbital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Adjective

orbital m or f (plural orbitais)

  1. orbital

Related terms

  • órbita
  • orbitar

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔʁbɪˈtaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

orbital (strong nominative masculine singular orbitaler, not comparable)

  1. orbital

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: or‧bi‧tal

Adjective

orbital m or f (plural orbitais, not comparable)

  1. (astrophysics) orbital (of or relating to an orbit)
  2. (anatomy) orbital (of or relating to the eye socket)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French orbital.

Adjective

orbital m or n (feminine singular orbitală, masculine plural orbitali, feminine and neuter plural orbitale)

  1. orbital

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾbiˈtal/ [oɾ.β̞iˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: or‧bi‧tal

Adjective

orbital m or f (masculine and feminine plural orbitales)

  1. orbital (of or relating to an orbit)
    Synonym: orbitario
  2. (anatomy) orbital (of or relating to the eye socket)
    Synonym: orbitario

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

orbital m (plural orbitales)

  1. (chemistry) orbital

Further reading

  • “orbital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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