orrery
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orrery
- /ˈɒɹ.ə.ɹi/ UK
- /ˈɔɹ.ə.ɹi/ US
- /ˈɑɹ.ə.ɹi/ US
Where it comes from
Named after Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1676–1731), for whom such a device was made. The placename is from Irish Orbhraighe, originally the name of a tribe (Orbh-raighe (“Orb's people”)), and then of a territory and a barony.
noun orreries
- A clockwork model of any given solar system. In the mean time I have another trouble to give you, if you will oblige me in it; and that is to get me a sight of the famous Orrery, which I have heard you and others so often speak of; and which I think was made by Mr. Rowley, the famous Mathematical Instrument-Maker.
- A conceptual model of someone's worldview. This book is the result of fourteen thousand miles in the saddle and four years in the library. It describes the lives of the inhabitants of France – wherever possible, through their own eyes – and the exploration and colonization of their land by foreigners and natives, from the late seventeenth ce
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noun clockwork model
| 한국어 | 태양계의 taeyanggyeui |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 太陽系儀 taiyōkeigi |
| 中文 | 太陽系儀 /太阳系仪 tàiyángxìyí |
| Deutsch | Planetenmaschine, Orrery |
| Русский | планетарий planetarij |
| العربية | أُورُرِي ʔūrurī, أُورُورِي ʔūrūrī |
Talk about this word "orrery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/orrery. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. orrery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/orrery "orrery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/orrery.Cite this
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title = {orrery},
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