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Definition of Orbit
1. Verb. Move in an orbit. "Electrons orbit the nucleus"
Specialized synonyms: Retrograde
Generic synonyms: Circle, Circulate
Derivative terms: Orbiter, Revolution
2. Noun. The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another. "He plotted the orbit of the moon"
Terms within: Apoapsis, Point Of Apoapsis, Periapsis, Point Of Periapsis
Specialized synonyms: Geosynchronous Orbit
Generic synonyms: Itinerary, Path, Route
Derivative terms: Orbital
3. Noun. A particular environment or walk of life. "He's out of my orbit"
Generic synonyms: Environment
Specialized synonyms: Distaff, Front, Kingdom, Land, Realm, Lap, Political Arena, Political Sphere, Preserve, Province, Responsibility
4. Noun. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:. "In the political orbit of a world power"
Generic synonyms: Extent
Specialized synonyms: Approximate Range, Ballpark, Confines, Contrast, Internationalism, Internationality, Latitude, Horizon, Purview, View, Expanse, Sweep, Gamut, Spectrum, Palette, Pallet
Derivative terms: Compass, Range, Range, Scopal
5. Noun. The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom.
6. Noun. The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball.
Generic synonyms: Bodily Cavity, Cavity, Cavum
Terms within: Lacrimal Bone
Group relationships: Skull
Derivative terms: Orbital
Definition of Orbit
1. n. The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
Definition of Orbit
1. Noun. A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object. ¹
2. Noun. A sphere of influence; an area of control. ¹
3. Noun. The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range. ¹
4. Noun. (anatomy) The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket. ¹
5. Noun. (physics) The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus ¹
6. Noun. (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system. ¹
7. Verb. To circle or revolve around another object. ¹
8. Verb. To move around the general vicinity of something. ¹
9. Verb. To place an object into an orbit around a planet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orbit
1. to move or revolve around [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Orbit
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Literary usage of Orbit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Plans for using multistage rockets to put artificial satellites into orbit around
tbe earth during the International Geophysical Year (July ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1876)
"Tumours of the orbit.—Mr. GKO. LAWSON exhibited to the Clinical Society of
London (Nov. 2G. 187.")) two patients, from each of whom he had removed a tumour ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It enters the orbit through the sphenoidal fissure, and lies above the ophthalmic
vein, from which it is separated by a lamina of dura mater. ..."
4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1870)
"On the Determination of the orbit of a Planet from Three Observations. ...
The orbit-plane, if known, would, by its intersections with the three rays, ..."
5. The Binary Stars by Robert Grant Aitken (1918)
"CHAPTER VI THE orbit OF A SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY STAR The problem of determining
the orbit of a binary system from measures of radial velocity, ..."
6. Galileo, the Tour Guide: A Summary of the Mission to Date edited by Jean H. Aichele (1997)
"The insertion orbit was the zeroth orbit. Since the orbit insertion maneuver,
Galileo has been in the initial orbit around Jupiter, JO, ..."
7. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1854)
"SECTION I. — INJURIES OF THE orbit. considering injuries of the orbit, ...
Contusions on the Edge of the orbit. From blows on the edge of the orbit, ..."