Word Meanings - ORBITAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Orbital. Dunglison.

Related words: (words related to ORBITAR)

• ORBITAL
  Of or pertaining to an orbit. "Orbital revolution." J. D. Forbes. Orbital index , in the skull, the ratio of the vertical height to the transverse width of the orbit, which is taken as the standard, equal to 100.
• PREORBITAL
  a. Situated in front or the orbit.
• INFRAORBITAL
  Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital nerve.
• ANTEORBITAL
  See ANTORBITAL
• INTERORBITAL
  Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum.
• ANTORBITAL
  Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit. -- n.
• SUBORBITAL; SUBORBITAR
  Situated under or below the orbit.
• SUPRAORBITAL; SUPRAORBITAR
  Situated above the orbit of the eye. Supraorbital point , the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part of the forehead, separating the face from the cranium; the ophryon.
• POSTORBITAL
  Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles. -- n.