MEANING
A spacecraft designed to remain in orbit around a celestial body.
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Words that belong together
- lunar orbiter
- planetary orbiter
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The orbiter mapped the planet's cloud cover every ninety minutes.
Word forms
- Base
- orbiter
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular orbiter; plural orbiters. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, technology. Commonness: uncommon.
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