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Meaning of ORRERY

Pronunciation:  'oruree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock
 
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 See Also: planetarium

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Or"re*ry\, n.; pl. {Orreries}. [So named in honor of the
Earl of Orrery.]
An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls
moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions,
positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system.
 
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