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 Definitions of Orbit  [ˈɔr bɪt]  

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Definition of 'Orbit' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) orbit
the curved path, usu. elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body.

2.  orbit
the usual course of one's life.

3.  orbit
the sphere of influence, as of a nation or person.

4.  orbit
Physics. (in Bohr theory) the path traced by an electron revolving around the nucleus of an atom.

5.  orbit
the bony cavity of the skull that contains the eye; eye socket.

6.  orbit
the part surrounding the eye of a bird or insect.

7. (v.t.) orbit
to move or travel around in an orbital or elliptical path.

8.  orbit
to send into orbit, as a satellite.

9. (v.i.) orbit
to travel in an orbit.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < L orbita wheel track, course, circuit)

Definition of 'Orbit' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) orbit, celestial orbit
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
"he plotted the orbit of the moon"

2. (noun) sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
a particular environment or walk of life
"his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

3. (noun) scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
"a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

4. (noun) orbit, electron orbit
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

5. (verb) eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

6. (verb) orb, orbit, revolve
move in an orbit
"The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"


Definition of 'Orbit' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) orbit
the circular path of sth that moves around sth else in space
the Earth's orbit; in orbit around the moon

2. (verb) orbit
to move in an orbit
The moon orbits the earth.


Definition of 'Orbit' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Orbit
Bony cavity that holds the eyeball and its associated tissues and appendages.


Translation of 'Orbit' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the path in which something moves around a planet, star etc, eg the path of the Earth round the Sun or of a spacecraft round the Earth
The spaceship is in orbit round the moon.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: wentelbaan Arabic flag Arabic: مَدار Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: орбита
Brazilian flag Brazilian: órbita Czech flag Czech: oběžná dráha German flag German: die Orbit, die Umlaufbahn
Danish flag Danish: bane; kredsløb Greek flag Greek: τροχιά Spanish flag Spanish: órbita
Estonian flag Estonian: orbiit Farsi flag Farsi: مدار Finnish flag Finnish: kiertorata
French flag French: orbite Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַסלוּל Hindi flag Hindi: कक्षा, कक्ष
Croatian flag Croatian: putanja, orbita Hungarian flag Hungarian: pálya (égitesté) Indonesian flag Indonesian: orbit
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (hring)braut Italian flag Italian: orbita Japanese flag Japanese: 軌道
Korean flag Korean: 궤도 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: orbita Latvian flag Latvian: orbīta
Malay flag Malay: orbit Dutch flag Dutch: baan Norwegian flag Norwegian: bane, krets(løp)
Polish flag Polish: orbita Persian flag Persian: مدار Pashto flag Pashto: مدار
Portuguese flag Portuguese: órbita Romanian flag Romanian: orbită Russian flag Russian: орбита
Slovak flag Slovak: obežná dráha Slovenian flag Slovenian: orbita Serbian flag Serbian: orbita
Swedish flag Swedish: [omlopps]bana Thai flag Thai: วิถีโคจร Turkish flag Turkish: yörünge
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (天體等的)運行軌道 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: орбіта Urdu flag Urdu: مدار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quỹ đạo Chinese flag Chinese: (天体等的)运行轨道

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