Definitions for orbit
ˈɔr bɪtor·bit

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.8 / 4 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 MedicineRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Orbit

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

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

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EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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How to pronounce orbit?

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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. Chris Meekins:

   Independently, different people associated with Trump's orbit brought this idea up unsolicited.

2. Elwood Agasid:

   CAPSTONE is a pathfinder in many ways, and it will demonstrate several technology capabilities during its mission timeframe while navigating a never-before-flown orbit around the moon, cAPSTONE is laying a foundation for Artemis, Gateway, and commercial support for future lunar operations.

3. Tim Peake:

   Life in orbit is spectacular

4. James Davenport:

   What we actually saw was the 60 Starlink satellites that had just been deployed this afternoon and they were still in low orbit, and they were still clustered together so we call this, like, the Starlink train,’ you see, like, a little chain of satellites all close together, reflecting sunlight back at us.

5. Miguel Miranda:

   If we stick to the U.S. version, the Russians now have a means for using small satellites to intercept a target in orbit and destroy it, this is a serious capability because the U.S. militarys biggest advantage over its rivals is an immense command and control plus intelligence and surveillance network orbiting our planet. Without it, the U.S. military suffers and struggles to fulfill its mission.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=orbit
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Orbit
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=orbit
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=orbit
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=orbit
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=orbit
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=orbit
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=orbit