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円軌道 (enkidou) Japanese meaning: circular orbit | Kotomora

円えん軌き道どう

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Meanings

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circular orbit

Physics term for a circular path of a celestial body or particle.

人じん工こう衛えい星せいは地ち球きゅうの周まわりを円えん軌き道どうで回まわって

Kanji

円circle, yen, round
軌rut, wheel, track
道road-way, street, district

Related words

楕だ円えん軌き道どう
楕円軌道 is an elliptical orbit, while 円軌道 is a perfectly circular orbit.

Built from

いる

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The artificial satellite orbits the Earth in a circular orbit.

+軌き道どう

Etymology

Compound of 円 (circle) and 軌道 (orbit).