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Orbital

adjective

Of or relating to an orbit. "Orbital velocity"

Of or relating to the eye socket. "Orbital arch"

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... direction and in orbits approaching to the same plane; 2. The movements of the satellites in the same direction as those of the planets; 3. The movements of rotation of these various bodies and of the sun in the same direction as the orbital motions, and mostly in planes little different; 4. The small eccentricities of the orbits of the planets and satellites, as contrasted with the great eccentricities of the cometary orbits. And the probability that these harmonious movements had a common cause, he calculates ...

— Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I • Herbert Spencer

... character of fossils; they are stated to be in part petrified, and in part penetrated with iron particles, which gave to them a metallic lustre resembling bronze; they were of extraordinary weight; the crania presented the narrow forehead, prominent zygomatic bones, the facial angle, the maxillary and orbital conformation of the American race. The depression of the forehead in many instances is said to amount to a total disappearance. With the bones was found a smooth stone, about ten inches in circumference, apparently intended to ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 • Various

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