Definition of orbit Orbit
/ɔˈɹbʌt/ - [orbut] - or•bit
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| orbit - the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon" | ||
| celestial orbit | ||
| route, itinerary, path a way especially designed for a particular use | ||
| apoapsis, point of apoapsis (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited | ||
| geosynchronous orbit a circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours | ||
| orbit - the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom | ||
| electron orbit | ||
| route, itinerary, path a way especially designed for a particular use | ||
| orbit - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "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" | ||
| scope, range, reach, compass, ambit | ||
| extent the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent" | ||
| approximate range, ballpark near to the scope or range of something; "his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark" | ||
| confines a bounded scope; "he stayed within the confines of the city" | ||
| contrast the act of distinguishing by comparing differences | ||
| internationality, internationalism quality of being international in scope; "he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology" | ||
| latitude scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction | ||
| purview, horizon, view the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" | ||
| expanse, sweep a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky | ||
| gamut a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" | ||
| spectrum a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities | ||
| orbit - 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" | ||
| sphere, domain, area, field, arena | ||
| environment the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" | ||
| distaff the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning | ||
| front the side that is seen or that goes first | ||
| realm, kingdom, land a basic group of natural objects | ||
| lap movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" | ||
| political arena, political sphere a sphere of intense political activity | ||
| preserve a reservation where animals are protected | ||
| orbit - the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball | ||
| eye socket, cranial orbit, orbital cavity | ||
| bodily cavity, cavum, cavity (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body | ||
| skull the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates | ||
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Wiktionary 
- orbit (Noun)
A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object. - orbit (Noun)
A sphere of influence ; an area of control. - orbit (Noun)
The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range. - orbit (Noun)
The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket . - orbit (Noun)
The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus. - orbit (Noun)
A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system . - orbit (Verb)
To circle or revolve around another object. - orbit (Verb)
To move around the general vicinity of something. - orbit (Verb)
To place an object into an orbit around a planet.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- orbit (n.)
The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon. - orbit (n.)
An orb or ball. - orbit (n.)
The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated. - orbit (n.)
The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
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A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object. -
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A particular environment or walk of life. -
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The path, usually elliptical, described by one celestial body in its revolution about another. -
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The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom. -
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The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball. -
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To move in an orbit.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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or′bit, n. the path in which one of the heavenly bodies, as a planet, moves round another, as the sun: the hollow in the bone in which the eyeball rests—also Or′bita: the skin round the eye.—adjs. Or′bital, Or′bitary. [L. orbita—orbis, a ring.]
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An orbit is the path - or route - that a planet or another thing makes when it goes around another planet, a star, or a moon.
So the Earth goes in an orbit around the Sun, and a satellite can move in an orbit around the Earth. "To orbit" can also be a verb: "The Earth orbits the Sun".
When people first began to think about orbits, they thought that all orbits had to be perfect circles, and they thought that the circle was a "perfect" shape.
When people began to study the motions of planets carefully, they saw that the planets were not moving in perfect circles. Some of the planets have orbits that are almost perfect circles, and others have orbits that are longer and less like a perfect circle.
Johannes Kepler (lived 1571-1630) found that the orbits of the planets in our solar system are not really circles, but are really ellipses (a shape like an egg or a "flattened circle"). He wrote mathematical "laws of planetary motion", which gave a good idea of the movements of the planets.
Isaac Newton (lived 1642-1727) used his new ideas about gravity to show why Kepler's laws worked the way they did.
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