单词 | orrery |
释义 | 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 Boyle, Earl of Orrery (1676-1731), for whom it was first made] |
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