Definition of Orbiting

1. Verb. (present participle of orbit) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orbiting

1. orbit [v] - See also: orbit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbiting

orbital syndrome
orbital tubercle of zygomatic bone
orbitale
orbitalis
orbitalis muscle
orbitally
orbitals
orbitary
orbitas
orbited
orbitelae
orbiter
orbiters
orbities
orbiting (current term)
orbitofrontal
orbitofrontal artery
orbitofrontal cortex
orbitography
orbitolites
orbitomaxillary
orbitomeatal line
orbitomeatal plane
orbiton
orbitonasal
orbitonasal index
orbitonometer
orbitonometry
orbitopagus

Literary usage of Orbiting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. High Frontier: The U.S. Air Force and the Military Space Program by Curtis Peebles (1998)
"Dyna-Soar would be replaced by a Manned orbiting Laboratory. The Manned orbiting Laboratory The start of the Manned orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program ..."

2. The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor by Hermann Noordung, Ernest Stuhlinger, J. D. Hunley, Jennifer Garland (1995)
"The orbiting velocity is that much greater the closer the free orbit movement occurs to the center of attraction. Key: 1. Moon; 2. ..."

3. The Mother of All Webs Who Gotcha! by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"THE MANNED orbiting LABORATORY Although Richard Helms showed little talent for management--and even less interest in it--during his years as DCI he did make ..."

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