orbital

orbital

Die Bahn eines Planeten, Mondes oder Raumfahrzeugs um einen anderen Körper im Weltraum betreffend.

In einfachem Englisch: Connected with the path of a planet, moon, or spacecraft around another object in space.

• The satellite reached its orbital position.
• Earth’s orbital period is about one year.
• Engineers adjusted the spacecraft’s orbital speed.

Häufige Wendungen: orbital path, orbital speed, orbital period, orbital motion

um die Stadt führend

Um den Rand einer Stadt herumführend, statt durch ihr Zentrum.

In einfachem Englisch: Going around the outside of a town or city, rather than through its center.

• The orbital road carries traffic around the city.
• We took an orbital route to avoid the center.
• An accident closed part of the orbital motorway.

Häufige Wendungen: orbital road, orbital motorway, orbital route

Orbital

Eine mathematische Beschreibung der Energie eines Elektrons und seiner wahrscheinlichen Aufenthaltsorte in einem Atom oder Molekül.

In einfachem Englisch: A mathematical description of an electron’s energy and where it is likely to be in an atom or molecule.

• The electron occupies an orbital with low energy.
• Two electrons can share the same orbital.
• The diagram shows the shapes of several atomic orbitals.

Häufige Wendungen: atomic orbital, molecular orbital, occupied orbital