orrery
IPA: ˈɔrɝi
noun
- A clockwork model of any given solar system.
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Examples of "orrery" in Sentences
- An Orrery is what you are looking for.
- This is a description of a planetarium or orrery.
- The college then acquired ownership of the orrery.
- The device was named the orrery in the Earl's honor.
- The device was named the orrery in the Earl's honour.
- He fixed the orrery by drilling a hole and fastening a rivet.
- Other equipment included an orrery, spectroscope and a transit telescope.
- The Eisinga Planetarium is an orrery, a working model of the solar system.
- The orrery still exists and is the oldest functioning planetarium in the world.
- Posidonius constructed an orrery, possibly similar to the Antikythera mechanism.
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