orrery – definition of orrery by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

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Orrery, n.

A mechanical model of the solar system.

[After Charles Boyle, Fourth Earl of Orrery (1676-1731), for whom one was made.]

Add this alongside silhouette and guillotine for objects named after the people who invented them.

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