orbitaal
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin orbitālis, from orbita (“circular line”), from orbis (“circle, ring”); cognate with English orbital, French orbital. etc. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔr.biˈtaːl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: or‧bi‧taal
- Rhymes: -ˌɔr.biˈtaːl
Adjective
orbitaal (not comparable)
- orbital, concerning a circulating object's orbit
- orbital, of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole))
Inflection
| Inflection of orbitaal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | orbitaal | |||
| inflected | orbitale | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | orbitaal | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | orbitale | ||
| n. sing. | orbitaal | |||
| plural | orbitale | |||
| definite | orbitale | |||
| partitive | orbitaals | |||
Related terms
- orbiet
- orbiteren (verb)
Noun
orbitaal c (plural orbitalen, diminutive orbitaaltje n)
- (physics) orbital