orbiter

Other forms of orbiter

plural

orbiters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about orbiter

What does orbiter mean?

orbiter means "man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon".

How many syllables are in orbiter?

orbiter has 3 syllables: or-bi-ter. The stress falls on "or". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹbətɚ/.

What is another word for orbiter?

Close synonyms include satellite, artificial satellite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orbiter a common word?

orbiter is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.