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orbit - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body due to their mutual gravitational attraction.
- noun One complete revolution of such a body.
- noun The path of a body in a field of force surrounding another body; for example, the movement of an atomic electron in relation to a nucleus.
- noun A range of activity, experience, or knowledge.
- noun A range of control or influence: synonym: range.
- noun Either of two bony cavities in the skull containing an eye and its external structures.
- intransitive verb To move in an orbit.
- intransitive verb To revolve around (a center of attraction).
- intransitive verb To put into an orbit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Track; course; path, especially a path, as that in a circle or an ellipse, which returns into itself; specifically, in astronomy, the path of a planet or comet; the curve-line which a planet describes in its periodical revolution round its central body or center of revolution: as, the orbit of Jupiter or Mercury.
- noun A small orb, globe, or ball.
- noun In anatomy and zoology, the bony cavity of the skull which contains the eye; the eye-socket.
- noun In ornithology, the orbita, or circumorbital region of a bird's head; the skin of the eyelids and adjoining parts.
- noun In entomology, the border surrounding the compound eye of an insect, especially when it forms a raised ring, or differs in color or texture from the rest of the head.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astron.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body.
- noun Rare & Improper An orb or ball.
- noun (Anat.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
- noun (Zoöl.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A circular or elliptical
path of one objectaround another object. - noun A
sphere of influence ; an area of control. - noun The
course of one'susual progression , or theextent of one's typicalrange . - noun anatomy The bony cavity containing the
eyeball ; theeye socket . - noun physics The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus.
- noun mathematics A collection of points related by the evolution function of a
dynamical system . - verb To
circle or revolve around another object. - verb To move around the general
vicinity of something. - verb To place an object into an orbit around a planet.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb move in an orbit
- noun a particular environment or walk of life
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- noun the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- noun the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English orbite, eye socket, from Old French, from Latin orbita, orbit, probably from orbis.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Latin orbita ("course, track").
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Examples
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They speak of the sun's motion, and of the sun's orbit, _but they do not say that the earth is the center of that orbit_.
Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Robert Patterson 1857
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(lower orbit) * period: from mid-March 2009 to late April* operation: 50 km circular orbit* mission: acquisition of the magnetic field of lunar surface using magnetometer and plasma observation system.
Spaceports 2008
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I do strongly think that Martian colonies will exist, enabled by spaceships built in orbit from the resources gleaned from the Moon.
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The likelihood of a crew being stranded in orbit is thus reduced.
ISS About to Have a Crew of Six With Soyuz-TMA 15 Launch - NASA Watch 2009
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I do strongly think that Martian colonies will exist, enabled by spaceships built in orbit from the resources gleaned from the Moon.
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This idea, of a gas station in orbit, is the most cost effective and quickest means of reaching the moon.
Reader's Consensus: Develop a new launch vehicle - NASA Watch 2009
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The likelihood of a crew being stranded in orbit is thus reduced.
ISS About to Have a Crew of Six With Soyuz-TMA 15 Launch - NASA Watch 2009
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Putting an object in orbit is an accomplishment only a few national governments have been able to accomplish.
Another Launch Success for SpaceX and Falcon 1 (video) - NASA Watch 2009
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The likelihood of a crew being stranded in orbit is thus reduced.
ISS About to Have a Crew of Six With Soyuz-TMA 15 Launch - NASA Watch 2009
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The use of liquids, and an engine which can restart in orbit, is * very* impressive.
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Someone might seem very interested but then “ghost” or “orbit” (which means they stop replying to messages but still engage with your social media content, liking your posts and photos); or tell obvious but seemingly unnecessary lies; another person might read “the riot act” on a first date, sternly laying down their terms for how the relationship should progress; and there are endless stories about dates reacting bizarrely, even menacingly, if rejected.
Apps promised a sexual revolution but they have just made dating weird | Rachel Connolly Rachel Connolly 2021
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Words with the same meaning
- Earth insertion
- LEM
- LM
- O
- air lane
- ambit
- annular muscle
- annulus
- aphelion
- apogee
- area
- arena
- areola
- astronomical longitude
- attitude-control rocket
- aureole
- autumnal equinox
- bailiwick
- ball
- ballistic capsule
- balloon
- beat
- bladder
- blob
- boll
- bolus
- border
- borderland
- bubble
- bulb
- bulbil
- bulblet
- burn
- capsule
- celestial equator
- celestial longitude
- celestial meridian
- chaplet
- circle
- circling
- circuit
- circuiteer
- circuition
- circuitousness
- circuitry
- circularity
- circulate
- circulation
- circumambience
- circumambiency
- circumambulate
- circumambulation
- circumference
- circumflexion
- circumlocution
- circummigrate
- circummigration
- circumnavigate
- circumnavigation
- circumvent
- circus
- close the circle
- closed circle
- colures
- come full circle
- compass
- constituency
- corona
- coronet
- course
- crown
- cycle
- deep-space ship
- demesne
- department
- describe a circle
- deviance
- deviancy
- deviation
- deviousness
- diadem
- digression
- discipline
- discus
- disk
- docking
- docking maneuver
- domain
- dominion
- ecliptic
- ellipsoid
- encircle
- encompass
- equator
- equinoctial
- equinoctial circle
- equinoctial colure
- equinox
- eternal return
- excursion
- excursus
- extension
- extent
- fairy ring
- ferry rocket
- field
- flank
- flight path
- footing
- fuel ship
- full circle
- galactic longitude
- garland
- geocentric longitude
- geodetic longitude
- geoid
- girdle
- girdle the globe
- globe
- globelet
- globoid
- globule
- glomerulus
- glory
- go about
- go around
- go round
- go the round
- gob
- gobbet
- great circle
- gyre
- gyring
- halo
- heliocentric longitude
- hemisphere
- indirection
- injection
- insertion
- itinerary
- judicial circuit
- jurisdiction
- knob
- knot
- lap
- lasso
- line
- logical circle
- longitude
- loop
- looplet
- lunar excursion module
- lunar module
- magic circle
- make a circuit
- manned rocket
- march
- meandering
- meridian
- module
- moon ship
- multistage rocket
- noose
- oblate spheroid
- orb
- orbiting
- orblet
- pale
- parking orbit
- path
- pellet
- perigee
- perihelion
- period
- precinct
- primrose path
- prolate spheroid
- province
- purview
- radius
- reach
- realm
- reentry
- revolution
- revolve
- ring
- road
- rocket
- rondelle
- rondure
- round
- round trip
- roundaboutness
- roundel
- rounding
- rounds
- route
- run
- saucer
- scope
- sea lane
- shortcut
- shuttle rocket
- skirt
- small circle
- soft landing
- solstitial colure
- space capsule
- space docking
- space rocket
- spacecraft
- spaceship
- sphere
- sphere of influence
- spheroid
- spherule
- sphincter
- spiral
- spiraling
- stamping ground
- subdiscipline
- surround
- sweep
- territory
- tour
- track
- trade route
- traject
- trajectory
- trajet
- turf
- turn
- turning
- vantage
- vernal equinox
- vicious circle
- walk
- wheel
- wheeling
- wreath
- zodiac
- zone
sonofgroucho commented on the word orbit
Also the part of the skull in which the eye sits.
December 17, 2007