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ORRERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orrery mean?
• ORRERY (noun)
The noun ORRERY has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: ORRERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("orrery" is a kind of...):
planetarium (an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems)
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