WordNet meanings
View source ↗- Noun
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
he plotted the orbit of the moon
- 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
- Noun
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
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
- Noun
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- Noun
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- Verb
move in an orbit
The moon orbits around the Earth
The planets are orbiting the sun
electrons orbit the nucleus
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Wiktionary meanings
View source ↗- Nouncountableuncountable
The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- Nouncountableuncountable
The curved path of one object around a point or another body. An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
One complete circuit round an orbited body.
- Noununcountable
The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
The state of moving in an orbit.
- Nouncountableuncountable
The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
- Nouncountableuncountable
The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.
- Nouncountablefigurativelyuncountable
A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
- Nouncountableuncountable
The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
- Nouncountableuncountable
The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
- Nouncountableuncountable
A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
- Nouncountableuncountable
The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
- Nouncountableuncountable
The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.
- Nouncountableinformaluncountable
A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
- Verbtransitive
To circle or revolve around another object or position.
- Verbtransitive
To circle or revolve around another object or position.
To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
- Verbtransitive
To move around the general vicinity of something.
- Verbtransitive
To move in a circle.
- Verbtransitive
To center (around).
- Verbtransitive
To continue to follow or engage with someone by means of social media after breaking up with them.
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