orbital

[awr-bi-tl] / ˈɔr bɪ tl /

ADJECTIVE

periodic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annual intermittent monthly occasional recurrent recurring regular repeated routine seasonal sporadic weekly yearly

STRONG

periodical

WEAK

alternate at various times centennial cyclic cyclical daily epochal every once in a while every so often fluctuating hourly infrequent isochronal isochronous on certain occasions on-again-off-again perennial rhythmic serial spasmodic

Antonyms

STRONGEST

constant infrequent unusual

WEAK

continual irregular lasting permanent sporadic variable

Example Sentences

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CEO Elon Musk believes orbital computing will be cost-competitive with Earth-based computing in a few years.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Lower costs enable new applications such as orbital AI data centers.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

"I wouldn't call it nominal orbital insertion," company spokesperson Dan Huot said, adding however that it was "within bounds" of a previously analyzed trajectory.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

SpaceX needs Starship to ferry new, more advanced Starlink satellites and orbital data centers to low-Earth-orbit, both of which are key to the company’s success.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

By Rutherford’s reckoning, therefore, the helium atom had two orbital electrons and a nucleus comprising four protons and two electrons; radium had 138 electrons and a nucleus of 226 protons and 88 electrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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