- orrery
- noun (plural orreries) Etymology: Charles Boyle died 1731 4th Earl of Orrery Date: 1713 an apparatus showing the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by balls moved by a clockwork
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Orrery — 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
orrery — 1713, invented c.1713 by George Graham and made by instrument maker J. Rowley, who gave a copy to his patron, Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (Cork) and named it in his honor … Etymology dictionary
orrery — [ôr′ər ē] n. pl. orreries [after Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery (1676 1731), for whom one was made] a mechanical apparatus which illustrates with balls of various sizes the relative motions and positions of the earth, moon, sun, etc … English World dictionary
Orrery — Orrery, Roger Boyle, Graf von, s. Boyle 1) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Orrery — This article is about the mechanical device. For the British peerage, see Earl of Orrery. A small orrery showing earth and the inner planets An orrery is a mechanical device that illustrates the relative positions and motions of the planets and… … Wikipedia
Orrery — Ein kleines Orrery, nur mit der Darstellung von Sonne, Merkur, Venus, Erde und Mond … Deutsch Wikipedia
orrery — (o rré ri) s. m. Machine d Orrery, ou, elliptiquement, un orrery, machine inventée pour représenter le système moderne d astronomie, avec la mobilité de la terre. • Vous admirez ces machines d une nouvelle invention qu on appelle orrery, parce… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
orrery — /awr euh ree, or /, n., pl. orreries. 1. an apparatus for representing the positions, motions, and phases of the planets, satellites, etc., in the solar system. 2. any of certain similar machines, as a planetarium. [1705 15; named after Charles… … Universalium
ORRERY — is a mechanical toy which exhibits, by an arrangement of rods, balls, and toothed wheels, the sun, the planets, and their moons, all performing their respective motions; so named after the Earl of Orrery, for whom Charles Boyle made the first… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Orrery — Or|re|ry [ ɔrəri] das; s, s <nach Ch. Boyle, dem Earl of Orrery (1676 1731)> mechanisches Gerät, das die relativen Bewegungen einiger Planeten u. Monde anzeigt (Astron.) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
