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单词 orrery
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
or•rer•y  (ôr′ə rē, or′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -rer•ies. 
  1. Astronomyan apparatus for representing the positions, motions, and phases of the planets, satellites, etc., in the solar system.
  2. Astronomyany of certain similar machines, as a planetarium.
  • named after Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery (1676–1731), for whom it was first made 1705–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
orrery /ˈɒrərɪ/ n ( pl -ries)
  1. a mechanical model of the solar system in which the planets can be moved at the correct relative velocities around the sun
Etymology: 18th Century: originally made for Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery
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