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orrery
[ awr-uh-ree, or- ]
noun
- an apparatus for representing the positions, motions, and phases of the planets, satellites, etc., in the solar system.
- any of certain similar machines, as a planetarium.
orrery
/ ˈɒrərɪ /
noun
- a mechanical model of the solar system in which the planets can be moved at the correct relative velocities around the sun
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Origin of orrery1
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Example Sentences
Among the children were the famous Orrery, and the yet more famous Robert Boyle.
This came to the ears of the Earl of Orrery, who requested the butlers master to send him to his house, which the latter did.
You therefore present this orrery to any person, and desire him to choose one of the questions there written.
These are all placed on a wide plain in a fashion symbolising the Solar System: like an orrery.
His countenance, says Orrery, could be terribly expressive of the sterner passions.
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