orbital
noun(or-bit-al)
a mathematically described region around a nucleus in an atom or molecule that may contain zero, one, or two electrons
orbital
noun(or-bit-al)
the bony socket of the eye
orbital
noun(or-bit-al)
a path described by one body in its revolution about another (as by the earth about the sun or by an electron about an atomic nucleus); also : one complete revolution of a body describing such a path
orbital
noun(or-bit-al)
a circular path
orbital
noun(or-bit-al)
a range or sphere of activity or influence
orbital
noun(or-bit-al)
a solution of the Schrödinger equation that describes the probable location of an electron relative to the nuclei in a molecule and so indicates the nature of any bond in which the electron is involved