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   or·bit·al

   /ˈôrbədl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to an orbit or orbits.
   • ▪ (of a road) passing around the outside of a town.

   noun

   • 1. each of the actual or potential patterns of electron density that may be formed in an atom or molecule by one or more electrons, and that can be represented as a wave function.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (referring to the eye socket): probably from medieval Latin orbitalis, from Latin orbita (see orbit).

   Derivatives

   • 1. orbitally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • B

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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