Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
orrery .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word orreries.
Examples
-
As soon as I came up with the phrase "mutable sonic orreries" I immediately began tinkering with the idea of starting a steampunk/psychedelica band so that could be the title of our first album.
Archive 2009-02-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
-
As soon as I came up with the phrase "mutable sonic orreries" I immediately began tinkering with the idea of starting a steampunk/psychedelica band so that could be the title of our first album.
Theory and Practicing Matthew Guerrieri 2009
-
The sun beamed through them onto suspended orreries and solar clocks.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
-
Clayton Boyer Clock Designs designs and sells plans for all sorts of wooden mechanical clocks and orreries.
-
The sun beamed through them onto suspended orreries and solar clocks.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
-
The sun beamed through them onto suspended orreries and solar clocks.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
-
The sun beamed through them onto suspended orreries and solar clocks.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
-
The works of the 60s, 70s, and 80s would set up multiple layers of time like orreries, each pace in its own orbital flux, but Carter's more recent increased textural transparency includes that echo of the steadily ticking second violin of the Second Quartet, but slyly transformed: the milestones may seem regular and objective, but in reality are as subjective a contribution to the discussion as any other feature.
Archive 2008-07-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
-
The works of the 60s, 70s, and 80s would set up multiple layers of time like orreries, each pace in its own orbital flux, but Carter's more recent increased textural transparency includes that echo of the steadily ticking second violin of the Second Quartet, but slyly transformed: the milestones may seem regular and objective, but in reality are as subjective a contribution to the discussion as any other feature.
Magna Carter (1): Punctuality Matthew Guerrieri 2008
-
Oobject blog shares this cool gallery of orreries, planetaria and tellurions.
November 2007 2007
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.