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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 or·rery /ˈɔrɚ/
 太陽系儀

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Or·re·ry n.; pl. Orreries   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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 orrery
      n : 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