ALL meanings of orbit
or·bit
O o - noun orbit astronomy: curved path 1
- noun orbit astronomy: revolution 1
- transitive verb orbit astronomy: revolve around 1
- noun orbit field, range 1
- noun orbit anatomy: eye socket 1
- noun orbit The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution. 1
- noun Technical meaning of orbit A Scheme compiler. 1
- noun orbit the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun. 1
- noun orbit the usual course of one's life or range of one's activities. 1
- noun orbit the sphere of power or influence, as of a nation or person: a small nation in the Russian orbit. 1
- noun orbit Physics. (in Bohr theory) the path traced by an electron revolving around the nucleus of an atom. 1
- noun orbit an orb or sphere. 1
- noun orbit Anatomy. the bony cavity of the skull that contains the eye; eye socket. the eye. 1
- noun orbit Zoology. the part surrounding the eye of a bird or insect. 1
- verb with object orbit to move or travel around in an orbital or elliptical path: The earth orbits the sun once every 365.25 days. 1
- verb with object orbit to send into orbit, as a satellite. 1
- verb without object orbit to go or travel in an orbit. 1
- variable noun orbit An orbit is the curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star. 0
- verb orbit If something such as a satellite orbits a planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path. 0
- singular noun orbit The orbit of a particular person, group, or institution is the area over which they have influence. 0
- noun orbit the curved path, usually elliptical, followed by a planet, satellite, comet, etc, in its motion around another celestial body under the influence of gravitation 0
- noun orbit a range or field of action or influence; sphere 0
- noun orbit the bony cavity containing the eyeball 0
- noun orbit the skin surrounding the eye of a bird 0
- noun orbit the hollow in which lies the eye or eyestalk of an insect or other arthropod 0
- noun orbit the path of an electron in its motion around the nucleus of an atom 0
- verb orbit to move around (a body) in a curved path, usually circular or elliptical 0
- verb orbit to send (a satellite, spacecraft, etc) into orbit 0
- verb orbit to move in or as if in an orbit 0
- noun orbit the bony cavity containing the eye; eye socket 0
- noun orbit the actual or imaginary path taken by a celestial body during its periodic revolution around another body 0
- noun orbit the path taken by an artificial satellite or spacecraft around a celestial body 0
- noun orbit the range of one's experience or activity; ordinary course of life 0
- noun orbit the skin around the eye of a bird 0
- intransitive verb orbit to move in an orbit or circle 0
- verb transitive orbit to put (a satellite or spacecraft) into an orbit in space 0
- verb transitive orbit to move in an orbit around 0