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When you see the orbiter headed out the launch pad and then crawling up the hill and being hard down on the pad, it does something to you.
Alan G. Poindexter

Meaning of "orbiter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ORBITER

orbiter  [ˈɔːbɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORBITER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Orbiter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORBITER


arbiter
ˈɑːbɪtə
bitter
ˈbɪtə
bittor
ˈbɪtə
cohabiter
kəʊˈhæbɪtə
debitor
ˈdɛbɪtə
disembitter
ˌdɪsɪmˈbɪtə
embitter
ɪmˈbɪtə
exhibiter
ɪɡˈzɪbɪtə
exhibitor
ɪɡˈzɪbɪtə
inhabiter
ɪnˈhæbɪtə
inhabitor
ɪnˈhæbɪtə
inhibiter
ɪnˈhɪbɪtə
inhibitor
ɪnˈhɪbɪtə
obiter
ˈɒbɪtə
presbyter
ˈprɛzbɪtə
prohibiter
prəʊˈhɪbɪtə
prohibitor
prəʊˈhɪbɪtə
rabbiter
ˈræbɪtə
unbitter
ʌnˈbɪtə
vasoinhibitor
ˌveɪzəʊɪnˈhɪbɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORBITER

orb
orbicular
orbicularis
orbicularity
orbicularly
orbiculate
orbiculated
Orbison
orbit
orbital
orbital road
orbital sander
orbital velocity
orbitally
orbity
orbless
orby
orc
orca

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORBITER

ankle biter
backbiter
biter
citer
copywriter
crib-biter
inviter
Jupiter
limiter
liter
nailbiter
profiter
recruiter
reiter
singer-songwriter
songwriter
story writer
typewriter
waiter
writer

Synonyms and antonyms of orbiter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «orbiter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORBITER

Find out the translation of orbiter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of orbiter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «orbiter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

轨道
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orbitador
570 millions of speakers

English

orbiter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परिक्रमा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المسبار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

орбитальный аппарат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

orbiter
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিক্রমাকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orbiteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Orbiter
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Orbiter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オービター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인공 위성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Orbiter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tàu vũ trụ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுற்றுப் பாதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑरबिटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mekik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orbiter
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

orbiter
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

орбітальний апарат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orbiter
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όχημα σε τροχιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wenteltuig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orbiter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Orbiter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of orbiter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORBITER»

The term «orbiter» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.601 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORBITER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about orbiter

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3 QUOTES WITH «ORBITER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word orbiter.
1
Duane G. Carey
One of the jokes on our flight is that, if we have a normal entry day going, the plan is for me... to actually take the orbiter first and fly it for maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then hand it on over to Scooter.
2
Kevin A. Ford
I enjoy going out to the plants, the factories where just some sub-element maybe of the orbiter or the space station is built. Those people take such pride in that component, and they build it to perfection, and it's just a pleasure to see that.
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Alan G. Poindexter
When you see the orbiter headed out the launch pad and then crawling up the hill and being hard down on the pad, it does something to you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORBITER»

Discover the use of orbiter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orbiter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Orbiter
When the space shuttle Venture returns to Earth after a ten year disappearance with all of its crew missing except for the catatonic pilot and with substantial changes to the ship, a team of three specialists must discover what happened.
‎2003
2
Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon
This book has been organized to make it easy for astronomers to use, enabling ground-based images and views to be compared with the Orbiter photographs.
Charles Byrne, 2010
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Independent Orbiter assessment analysis of the ...
ORBITER SUBSYSTEM ANALYSIS WORKSHEET DATE: 11/22/86 HIGHEST CRITICALITY HDW/FUNC SUBSYSTEM: INSTRUMENTATION FLIGHT: 3/3 MDAC ID: 152 ABORT: 3/3 ITEM: ORBITER TIMING BUFFER (OTB) FAILURE MODE: ...
B. S. Howard
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Lunar Orbiter 3 - Photography
Although the primary objective of the Lunar Orbiter mission was to secure topographic data regarding the lunar surface, there was no specific plan in the original concept to produce accurate maps of specified topographic detail.
‎1968
5
The Lunar Orbiter meteoroid experiments: Description and ...
Meteoroid experiments by five Lunar Orbiters have provided a direct measurement in the near-lunar environment of the rate of meteoroid penetration of 0.025-mm-thick beryllium-copper.
Gary W. Grew, 1971
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Space Exploration 2007
Date No earlier than May 2006 Under review Under review Under review Under review Under review Under review Assembly Flight ULFI.I Discovery STS-I2I IZA U.S. Orbiter STS-I l5 2A.! U.S. Orbiter STS-l l6 [3A U.S. Orbiter STS-I l7 I3A.
Brian Harvey, 2007
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Encyclopedia of the Solar System
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has also detected subsurface ice, mainly in high latitudes, while the Mars Express orbiter of the European Space Agency (ESA) has detected hydrated minerals in locations ranging from the northern circumpolar ...
Lucy-Ann McFadden, Torrence Johnson, Paul Weissman, 2006
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Independent Orbiter Assessment...
C.3 SMOKE DETECTION/FIRE SUPPRESSION SUBSYSTEM Analysis Worksheets C-376 SMOKE DETECTION AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SUBSYSTEMS CRITICALITY REDUNDANCY FLIGHT ABORT XVIII.
9
Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars
... third-stage failure Unnamed Mars Mission Orbiter USSR 04-02-69 X Proton first-stage failure Mariner 8 Orbiter USA 05-08-71 X Launch sequence failure Kosmos 419 Orbiter USSR 05-10-71 X Upper stage failure Mars 2 Orbiter/Lander  ...
Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, 2006
10
Reducing the Costs of Space Science Research Missions:: ...
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/5829.html The risk to the space shuttle orbiter from meteoroids and orbital debris can be broken down into two elements: the probability that the space shuttle orbiter or crew will be struck (susceptibility), and the ...
Joint Committee on Technology for Space Science and Applications of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and the Space Studies Board, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORBITER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term orbiter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Help map Mars' south polar region!
CTX on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provides images of the same ... The base map to this image is the Viking Orbiter MDIM or global mosaic. «The Planetary Society, Jul 15»
2
Returning the Shuttle to flight: STS-114's evolution from Columbia
As the crew entered training in 2001, NASA officially baselined (assigned) the orbiter Atlantis to STS-114 after a series of mission launch date ... «NASASpaceflight.com, Jul 15»
3
Pluto surprises scientists with atmospheric haze and flowing ice
Think of it like an orbiter, like MAVEN at Mars or Cassini at Saturn, where it's just data coming down all the time. We're not taking observations ... «SpaceFlight Insider, Jul 15»
4
NASA-ISRO Partnership In The Pipeline, As ISRO Eyes Mission To …
Pictured: An Indian security officer walks in front of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25), carrying the Mars orbiter, before its ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
5
Earth Joins the Selfie Brigade
More distant images of Earth were captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from the Moon at a distance of over 200,000 miles away. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Astronomical breakthoughs in recent years
In January 2010, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found the Mars has had a rich history of water-related processes. A major discovery was ... «Xinhua, Jul 15»
7
Isro scientist to receive Tilak award
Apart from his work on the orbiter mission, Arunan was also the associate project director of the Chandrayaan mission. Arunan is also a cancer ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
Testing the Space-Bound Submarines That Will Explore Alien Oceans
"NASA's procedure is to do a flyby mission, then an orbiter, then a lander, then a rover," says Stone. "So if you work that whole scenario out, you ... «Popular Mechanics, Jul 15»
9
India Plans Mission To Venus Following Success Of Mars Orbiter
With the successful launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and five other satellites of the United Kingdom, mission planners at the Indian ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
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10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW: Today's guide to the obscure …
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter zooms into "spider" features -- or channels carved in the surface in radial patterns -- in ... «The Bakersfield Californian, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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