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stanza(dictionary)

orbital (iou) and stanza (medicine)


orbital (iou)



orbital adjective & noun. M16.
[Prob. from medieval Latin orbitalis, formed as ORBIT noun: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Anatomy & Zoology. Of or pertaining to the orbit or eye socket. M16.
orbital index Anatomy one hundred times the ratio of the height of an orbit to its width.
Of, pertaining to, or of the Nature of an orbit, esp. that of a celestial object; moving or taking place in an orbit or circular path. M19.
orbital sander: having a circular rather than an oscillating motion.
Of a road etc.: encircling a large town. Cf. ring-road s.v. RING noun1. M20.
b. noun.
Physics & Chemistry. An actual or potential pattern of electron density around an atomic nucleus or nuclei which may be formed by either one or two electrons in a bound state in an atom or molecule; the wave function of a single electron corresponding to any such pattern. M20.
An orbital road. L20.

stanza (medicine)


stanza


Origin: It. Stanza a room, habitation, a stanza, i. E, a stop, fr. L. Stans, p.pr. Of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Estancia, Stance, Stanchion.

1. A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc, with Other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure. "Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza, in every ode." (Dryden)

2. An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.

Source: Websters Dictionary