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orbital

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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or·bit·al1 /ˈɔːbɪtl $ ˈɔːr-/ adjective  1 AROUND/ROUNDrelating to the orbit of one object around another 轨道的 the Earth’s orbital path 地球的运行轨道2 British EnglishTTR an orbital road goes around a large city 〔公路〕环城的 the M25, London’s orbital motorway25号高速公路,伦敦的外环高速公路
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orbitalAccording to Newtonian mechanics the orbital decay for an isolated binary consisting of compact stars is expected to be immeasurably small.Incidentally, there is nothing in the pro-gram that recognizes the existence of orbital families and clustering of impacts.Any and all data regarding lunar orbital motions might be grist for creating the tables navigators needed.Inserting the values of the orbital parameters measured by Taylor and his colleagues, given in Section 8.6, yields.The orbital periods are again mostly about three to five years.Because of these orbital properties, some of these bodies have very short expected orbital lifetimes before colliding with Earth.This is still a relatively light machine, but the weight is equivalent to a conventional half-sheet orbital sander.
orbital2 noun [countable] British English  a road that goes around a large city to keep the traffic away from the centre 外环高速公路 SYN ring road
around another Corpus of to orbit relating object the one


orbital
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orbital1 /ˈɔːbɪtl $ ˈɔːr-/ adjective
1. relating to the orbit of one object around another:
    the Earth’s orbital path
2. British English an orbital road goes around a large city:
    the M25, London’s orbital motorway

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orbital2 noun [countable] British English
a road that goes around a large city to keep the traffic away from the centre
   SYN  ring road


or·bit·alBrE /ˈɔːbɪtl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɔːrbɪtl/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] connected with the orbit of a planet or object in space (行星或空间物体)轨道的(BrE) (of a road 道路) built around the edge of a town or city to reduce the amount of traffic travelling through the centre (城市)外环路的
or·bit·alBrE /ˈɔːbɪtl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɔːrbɪtl/ 🔊 noun(BrE) a very large ring road, especially if it is a motorway 高速环行路the M25 London orbital伦敦 M25 高速环行路