What part of speech is orbital?

Orbital can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. orbital is a noun, singular of orbitals.
  • 2. orbital is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more orbital
    most orbital
  • Positive: orbital 
  • Comparative: more orbital
  • Superlative: most orbital

What does orbital mean?

Definitions

Adjective

orbital - of or relating to an orbit; "orbital revolution"; "orbital velocity"
orbital - of or relating to the eye socket; "orbital scale"; "orbital arch"

Noun

orbital - A specification of the energy and probability density of an electron at any point in an atom or molecule.
orbital - An orbital motorway .

Examples of orbital

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Orbital revolution.
2. adj. Orbital velocity.
3. adj. Orbital scale.
4. adj. Orbital arch.
5. adj. After much debate, it was decided that to be a planet in our solar system, an object must be in orbit around the Sun, have enough mass so that it has become round in shape due to its own gravity, and have cleared out its orbital path around the Sun.
6. adj. Neptune was discovered because Uranus did not follow the orbital path predicted by astronomers. Astronomers assumed that the gravitational pull of another object was affecting the orbit of Uranus. This led them to look for, and find, Neptune.
7. adj. Although others had floated the idea of orbital telescopes, Spitzer’s 1946 paper entitled “Astronomical advantages of an extra-terrestrial observatory” described in detail the scientific advantages of placing a telescope in space.
Sentence  
adj.
Orbital revolution.
Orbital velocity.
Orbital scale.
Orbital arch.
After much debate, it was decided that to be a planet in our solar system, an object must be in orbit around the Sun, have enough mass so that it has become round in shape due to its own gravity, and have cleared out its orbital path around the Sun.
Neptune was discovered because Uranus did not follow the orbital path predicted by astronomers. Astronomers assumed that the gravitational pull of another object was affecting the orbit of Uranus. This led them to look for, and find, Neptune.
Although others had floated the idea of orbital telescopes, Spitzer’s 1946 paper entitled “Astronomical advantages of an extra-terrestrial observatory” described in detail the scientific advantages of placing a telescope in space.

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