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Chemistry and physics

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Atomic orbital In atomic theory and quantum mechanics, an atomic orbital is a function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom. This function can be used to calculate the probability of finding any electron of an atom in any sp ...
* Molecular orbital *
Hybrid orbital Hybrid may refer to: Science * Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding ** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species ** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two diff ...


Astronomy and space flight

* Orbit ** Earth orbit


Medicine and physiology

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Orbit (anatomy) In anatomy, the orbit is the cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated. "Orbit" can refer to the bony socket, or it can also be used to imply the contents. In the adult human, the volume of the orbit is , of ...
, also known as the ''orbital bone'' * Orbitofrontal cortex, a part of the brain used for decision making


Business

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Orbital Corporation Orbital Corporation Limited (), formerly Orbital Engine Corporation Limited pioneered by Ralph Sarich, is an Australian company based in Balcatta, Western Australia, that aims to provide clean engine technologies and alternative fuel systems ...
, an Australian engine technology company * Orbital Sciences Corporation, a U.S. satellite launch and defense systems corporation *
Orbital ATK Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) was a sector (business segment) of Northrop Grumman from 2018 through 2019. It was formed from Orbital ATK Inc. a company which resulted from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alli ...
, American aerospace manufacturer formed from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems


Transportation

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Ring road A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...
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Orbital (metro) A circle route (also circumference, loop, ring route, ring line or orbital line) is a public transport route following a path approximating a circle or at least a closed curve. The expression "circle route" may refer in particular to: * a rout ...
, a rapid transit line usually encircling a city centre *
Orbital engine The Sarich orbital engine is a type of internal combustion engine, invented in 1972 by Ralph Sarich, an engineer from Perth, Australia, which features orbital rather than reciprocating motion of its central piston. It differs from the conceptu ...


Other uses

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Orbital (The Culture) The Culture is a fictional interstellar post-scarcity civilisation or society created by the Scottish writer Iain M. Banks and features in a number of his space opera novels and works of short fiction, collectively called the Culture series. ...
, artificial worlds from Iain M. Banks's series of science fiction novels, the Culture *
Orbital (band) Orbital are an English electronic music duo from Otford, Kent, England, consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. The band's name is taken from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25, which was central to the early rave scene duri ...
, an English electronic dance music duo ** ''Orbital'' (1991 album) ** ''Orbital'' (1993 album) * ''Orbital'' (comics), a Franco-Belgian science fiction comics series * Orbital piercing


See also

* Orbit (disambiguation) {{disambiguation