About The Word Orrery
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Orrery
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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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Orrery: Related Terms | Find terms related to Orrery: 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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