noun
Meaning 1
A clockwork model of any given solar system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
orrery
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A conceptual model of someone's worldview.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 3
planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: planetarium
History
Etymology
Named after Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1676–1731), for whom such a device was made. The placename is from Irish Orbhraighe, originally the name of a tribe (Orbh-raighe (“Orb's people”)), and then of a territory and a barony.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أُورُرِي (ʔūrurī) — clockwork model
- Arabic: أُورُورِي (ʔūrūrī) — clockwork model
- Bulgarian: планетариум (planetarium) — clockwork model
- Catalan: planetari — clockwork model
- Chinese Cantonese: 太陽系儀 /太阳系仪 (taai3 joeng4 hai6 ji4) — clockwork model
- Chinese Mandarin: 太陽系儀 /太阳系仪 (tàiyángxìyí) — clockwork model
- Danish: planetarium — clockwork model
- Finnish: orraario — clockwork model
- Finnish: aurinkokuntamalli — clockwork model
- German: Planetenmaschine — clockwork model
- German: Orrery — clockwork model
- Hungarian: Orrery-szerkezet — clockwork model
- Hungarian: mechanikus naprendszermodell — clockwork model
- Hungarian: planetárium — clockwork model
- Irish: oraire — clockwork model
- Japanese: 太陽系儀 (taiyōkeigi) — clockwork model
- Korean: 태양계의 (taeyanggyeui) — clockwork model
- Polish: tellurium — clockwork model
- Russian: планетарий (planetarij) — clockwork model
- Spanish: planetario — clockwork model
- Swedish: planetarium — clockwork model