Definition of "orbital" in English

adjective

1. Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).

2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).

3. (chiefly UK) (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.

   • The M25 is an orbital motorway around London.

noun

1. (physics) A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any point in an atom or molecule, representable as a wave function.

2. (chiefly UK) Ellipsis of orbital motorway.

3. Ellipsis of orbital sander.