What does orbit mean?

Definitions for orbit
ˈɔr bɪtor·bit

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word orbit.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. orbit, celestial orbitnoun

    the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another

    "he plotted the orbit of the moon"

  2. sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arenanoun

    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. scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambitnoun

    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. orbit, electron orbitnoun

    the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

  5. eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavityverb

    the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

  6. orb, orbit, revolveverb

    move in an orbit

    "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"

Wiktionary

  1. orbitnoun

    A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.

    The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.

  2. orbitnoun

    A sphere of influence; an area of control.

    In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.

  3. orbitnoun

    The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.

    The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.

  4. orbitnoun

    The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.

  5. orbitnoun

    The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus

  6. orbitnoun

    A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.

  7. orbitverb

    To circle or revolve around another object.

    The Earth orbits the Sun.

  8. orbitverb

    To move around the general vicinity of something.

    The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, asking for sweets.

  9. orbitverb

    To place an object into an orbit around a planet

    A rocket was used to orbit the satellite

  10. Etymology: Latin orbita ‘course, track’.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Orbitnoun

    The line described by the revolution of a planet.

    Etymology: orbite, Fr. orbita, Latin.

    Suppose more suns in proper orbits roll’d,
    Dissolv’d the snows and chac’d the polar cold. Richard Blackmore.

    Suppose the earth placed nearer to the sun, and revolve for instance in the orbit of Mercury; there the whole ocean would even boil with extremity of heat, and be all exhaled into vapours; all plants and animals would be scorched. Richard Bentley.

ChatGPT

  1. orbit

    In a general context, "orbit" refers to the curved path that an object in space takes as it moves around a star, planet, or moon. This is typically due to the gravitational forces between the objects. However, in a broader scientific or mathematical context, "orbit" can also refer to any circular or elliptically shaped path or trajectory followed by a physical entity or points in a set under the action of given forces or mathematical operations.

Wikidata

  1. ORBit

    ORBit is a CORBA 2.4 compliant Object Request Broker. It features mature C, C++ and Python bindings, and less developed bindings for Perl, Lisp, Pascal, Ruby, and Tcl. Most of the code is distributed under the LGPL license, although the IDL compiler and utilities use the GPL. ORBit was originally written to serve as middleware for the GNOME project, but has seen use outside of the project.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Orbit

    or′bit, n. the path in which one of the heavenly bodies, as a planet, moves round another, as the sun: the hollow in the bone in which the eyeball rests—also Or′bita: the skin round the eye.—adjs. Or′bital, Or′bitary. [L. orbitaorbis, a ring.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Orbit

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

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. orbit

    The path described by a planet or comet round the sun.

Editors Contribution

  1. orbit

    To move in a specific direction.

    The satellite orbit follows the direction of the movement of the plantet.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 15, 2020  

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Entomology

  1. Orbit

    an imaginary border around the eye: in Diptera the orbits are divided into vertical or superior; frontal and facial or anterior; of the cheek or inferior; occipital or posterior.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of orbit in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of orbit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of orbit in a Sentence

  1. Phil McAlister:

    The private sector is technically and financially capable of developing and operating commercial low-Earth orbit destinations, with NASA's assistance. We look forward to sharing our lessons learned and operations experience with the private sector to help them develop safe, reliable, and cost-effective destinations in space, the report we have delivered to Congress describes, in detail, our comprehensive plan for ensuring a smooth transition to commercial destinations after retirement of the International Space Station in 2030.

  2. Kevin Systrom:

    Entrepreneurs don't stay forever and I was actually amazed that we were on the far side of the average, it's kind of like a rocket. You have to aim it in the right direction, take your hands off and let it go... [ Instagram ] didn't feel done by any stretch of the imagination but it felt like it was in orbit.

  3. Matthew Knight:

    The motion of' Oumuamua didn't simply follow gravity along a parabolic orbit as we would expect from an asteroid, but visually, it hasn't ever displayed any of the cometlike characteristics we'd expect. There is no discernable coma -- the cloud of ice, dust and gas that surrounds active comets -- nor a dust tail or gas jets.

  4. Karen Meech:

    Every time a new comet is discovered, everybody starts to try and get data so that you can get the orbit.

  5. Jeremy Faust:

    So if someone has been exposed in your orbit or in your circle, or has been infected, you don't have to assume everybody has it. Do continue to do things like wearing masks around people or testing.

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