Definitions for ORBIT
ˈɔr bɪtORBIT

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. orbit, celestial orbit(noun)

   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, arena(noun)

   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, ambit(noun)

   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 orbit(noun)

   the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

5. eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity(verb)

   the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

6. orb, orbit, revolve(verb)

   move in an orbit

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

Wiktionary(4.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. orbit(Noun)

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

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

   Etymology: Latin orbita ‘course, track’.

2. orbit(Noun)

   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.

   Etymology: Latin orbita ‘course, track’.

3. orbit(Noun)

   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.

   Etymology: Latin orbita ‘course, track’.

4. orbit(Noun)

   The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.

   Etymology: Latin orbita ‘course, track’.

5. orbit(Noun)

   The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus

   Etymology: Latin orbita ‘course, track’.

6. orbit(Noun)

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

   Etymology: Latin orbita ‘course, track’.

7. orbit(Verb)

   To circle or revolve around another object.

   The Earth orbits the Sun.

   Etymology: Latin orbita ‘course, track’.

8. orbit(Verb)

   To move around the general vicinity of something.

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

   Etymology: Latin orbita ‘course, track’.

9. orbit(Verb)

   To place an object into an orbit around a planet

   A rocket was used to orbit the satellite

   Etymology: Latin orbita ‘course, track’.

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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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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. orbita—orbis, a ring.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Orbit

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

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. orbit

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

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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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1. orbit

   Song lyrics by orbit -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by orbit on the Lyrics.com website.

Entomology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

How to pronounce ORBIT?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Diana Dragomir:

   Its the coolest small planet that we know of around a star this bright, we know a lot about atmospheres of hot planets, but because its very hard to find small planets that orbit farther from their stars and are therefore cooler, we havent been able to learn much about these smaller, cooler planets.

2. Scott Sheppard:

   We can't really classify the object yet, as we don't know its orbit.

3. Hyon Gwang Il:

   I do not understand, you are talking of two different things. We do understand that the same technology applies to two different areas : a military one, long-range ballistic missiles, or simply a rocket to carry a satellite into orbit.

4. Andrea Ghez:

   What's so special about S0-2 is we have its complete orbit in three dimensions, that's what gives us the entry ticket into the tests of general relativity. We asked how gravity behaves near a supermassive black hole and whether Einstein's theory is telling us the full story. Seeing stars go through their complete orbit provides the first opportunity to test fundamental physics using the motions of these stars.

5. Michael Eades:

   Nuclear technology will expand humanity's reach beyond low Earth orbit, and into deep space.

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