Orrery Definition

ôrə-rē, ŏr-
orreries
noun
A mechanical apparatus consisting of balls of various sizes arranged as on wires, designed to illustrate the relative motions and positions of the sun, earth, moon, and often other planets.
Webster's New World
A mechanical model of the solar system or parts of it.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Orrery

Noun

Singular:
orrery
Plural:
orreries

Origin of Orrery

  • After Charles Boyle, Fourth Earl of Orrery (1676–1731), for whom one was made

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named after Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1676-1731), for whom such a device was made.

    From Wiktionary

Orrery Sentence Examples

  • It was accepted by the early biographers, Deane Swift, Orrery, Delany and Sheridan; also by Johnson, Scott, Dr Garnett, Craik, Dr Bernard and others.

  • For an interactive model (called an orrery) look at the Solar System Live.

  • Why not use the electric orrery to see how Venus remains a morning object over the next few months.

  • The Solar System Live includes an interactive orrery of the Solar System, which might be what you are looking for.

  • It is often called an orrery after Charles Boyle, the 4th Earl of Orrery, for whom the first planetarium was made.

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Words Starting With

OORORR

Words Ending With

YRYERY

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Words Starting With O and Ending With Y

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