Orbit Meaning and Definition

Word: Orbit

How to pronounce: ˈɔːbɪt

Noun

Definitions:

1. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

Example sentences: "The Earth's orbit around the sun"

2. A sphere of activity, interest, or application.

Example sentences: "A radical filmmaker outside the Hollywood orbit"

3. The cavity in the skull of a vertebrate that contains the eye; the eye socket.

Example sentences: "Because the orbit (eye socket) is made of bone it cannot expand to accommodate the protruding eyeball."

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. (of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit around (a star or planet)

Example sentences: "Mercury orbits the Sun"

Synonyms:

eye socket

eye sockets

eyesocket

orb

trajectory

arena

revolve

rotate

round

circle

circuit

range

Derivations:

orbital

orbited

orbiting

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Orbit in Other Languages...

Spanish: Orbitar

German: Orbit

French:

Italian: Orbita

Turkish: Yörünge