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orrery

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"Solar-system model"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒɹ.ə.ɹi/Part of speech nounSorted eorrryStarts with OEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. A mechanical model showing the movement of planets around the sun.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • To which his answer was: why, that God is eternal motion, Lacy. This is his first orrery.

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