different between eyeball vs orbitalis

English

Alternative forms

• eye-ball (obsolete)

Etymology

From eye +? ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe ey?e (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).

Pronunciation

Noun

eyeball (plural eyeballs)

1. The ball of the eye.
   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I Scene 2

     Go, make thyself like a nymph o' th' sea.

     Be subject to no sight but thine and mine, invisible

     To every eyeball else. Go, take this shape,

     And hither come in't; go! Hence, with diligence!

2. A person's focus of attention.
3. (marketing, in the plural) A readership or viewership.

   We need compelling content for the new Web site so we can attract more eyeballs.

4. (CB radio, slang) A face-to-face meeting.

5. (Caribbean) A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.

Synonyms

• eye-apple

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

eyeball (third-person singular simple present eyeballs, present participle eyeballing, simple past and past participle eyeballed)

1. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.

2. To scrutinize
3. To stare at intently

   Are you eyeballing my girl?

4. To roll one's eyes.

Derived terms

• eyeballer

Translations

See also

• bums in seats
• click-through

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin orbit?lis, clipping of m?sculus orbit?lis (“orbital muscle”). Doublet of orbital.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.b??te?.l?s/
• Rhymes: -e?l?s

Noun

orbitalis (plural orbitales)

1. (anatomy) A muscle that controls protrusion of the eyeball.

Latin

Pronunciation

• orbit?lis: (Classical) IPA^(key): /or.bi?ta?.lis/, [?rb??t?ä?l?s?]
• orbit?lis: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /or.bi?ta.lis/, [?rbi?t???lis]
• orbit?l?s: (Classical) IPA^(key): /or.bi?ta?.li?s/, [?rb??t?ä?li?s?]
• orbit?l?s: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /or.bi?ta.lis/, [?rbi?t???lis]

Etymology 1

From orbita (“a track or rut; a circuit, orbit”) +? -?lis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

orbit?lis (neuter orbit?le); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. Tracked, rutted.
2. Of or pertaining to a circuit or orbit; orbital.
   1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the orbit of the eye.

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Descendants

• ? English: orbital, orbitalis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

orbit?l?s

1. accusative masculine/feminine plural of orbit?lis