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Orbit
ˈɔːbɪt
Orbit definitions
noun
orbit
orbits
- the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution
"the Earth's orbit around the sun"
- one complete circuit round an orbited body
"the satellite will complete one orbit every 12 hours"
- the state of moving in an orbit
"the earth is in orbit around the sun"
- the path of an electron round an atomic nucleus
- an area of activity, interest, or influence
"audiences drawn largely from outside the Party orbit"
- the cavity in the skull of a vertebrate that contains the eye; the eye socket
- the area round the eye of a bird or other animal
verb
orbits
orbiting
orbited
orbit
- (of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit round (a star or planet)
"Mercury orbits the Sun"
- move in a circle
"the discs spun and orbited slowly"
- put (a satellite) into orbit
"France has been orbiting satellites with her own launcher"