orrery - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'orrery' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Orrery

[ n.]

- An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions, positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system.

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