Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork;
sometimes incorporated in a clock;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Orrery \Or"re*ry\, n.; pl. Orreries. [So named in honor of the
Earl of Orrery.]
An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls
moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions,
positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
orrery
n 1: planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the
relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar
system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by
wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock