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Orrery

Orrery Meaning & Definition
Orrery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Orrery?

[n] planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock

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See Also | planetarium

Orrery In Webster's Dictionary

\Or"re*ry\, n.; pl. {Orreries}. [So named in honor of the Earl of Orrery.] An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions, positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system.

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