Orrery
11Orrery — Or|re|ry [ ɔrəri] das; s, s <nach Ch. Boyle, dem Earl of Orrery (1676 1731)> mechanisches Gerät, das die relativen Bewegungen einiger Planeten u. Monde anzeigt (Astron.) …
12orrery — [ ɒrəri] noun (plural orreries) a clockwork model of the solar system, or of just the sun, earth, and moon. Origin C18: named after the fourth Earl of Orrery, for whom one was made …
13orrery — or•rer•y [[t]ˈɔr ə ri, ˈɒr [/t]] n. pl. rer•ies astron. an apparatus for representing with movable balls the positions, motions, and phases of the bodies of the solar system • Etymology: 1705–15; after Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery (1676–1731),… …
14orrery — /ˈɒrəri/ (say oruhree) noun (plural orreries) 1. an apparatus for representing the motions and phases of the planets, etc., in the solar system. 2. any of certain similar machines, as a planetarium. {named after the Earl of Orrery, 1676–1731, for …
15orrery — n. (pl. ies) a clockwork model of the solar system. Etymology: named after the fourth Earl of Orrery, for whom one was made …
16Orrery, Roger Boyle, 1st Earl Of — (1621 1679) The son of Richard Boyle, first Earl of Cork, was born at Lismore, County Waterford, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He served with the Earl of Northumberland, then took part in the campaign against the Irish in the… …
17Orrery, Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of, Lord Boyle, Baron Of Broghill — ▪ Irish author born April 25, 1621, Waterford, Ire. died Oct. 16, 1679, Castlemartyr, Ire. Irish magnate and author prominent during the English Civil Wars, Commonwealth, and Restoration periods. Boyle took the Parliamentary side in… …
18orrery — noun /ˈɒ.ɹə.ɹi/ a clockwork model of the solar system …
19orrery — or·rer·y || É‘rÉ™rɪ / É’r n. device for simulating planets, planetarium …
20orrery — n. Planetarium …
