What part of speech is orbits?

Orbits can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. orbits is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of orbit (infinitive).
  • 2. orbits is a noun, plural of orbit.

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Verb

Noun

What does orbits mean?

Definitions

Verb
orbit - To circle or revolve around another object.
orbit - To move around the general vicinity of something.
orbit - To place an object into an orbit around a planet.

Noun
orbit - the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
orbit - the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
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"
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"
orbit - the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
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Examples of orbits

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1. noun The satellite made 10 orbits of the earth.
2. noun The readiest support for planets' having confocal orbits is their sometimes retrograde motion.
3. noun To go on from pain to pain mystery to mystery. From stone pain to plant pain. For everything is pain. The pain of battle the fear of not being. Links of pain chain the earth to the sky the waters to the land. And worlds gallop in orbits of affliction. Thinking of surprise.
4. noun The asteroid belt is located in the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
5. noun Enos became the first chimp to orbit the earth on November 29, 1961, aboard a Mercury Atlas rocket. Although the mission plan originally called for three orbits, due to a malfunctioning thruster and other technical difficulties, flight controllers were forced to terminate Enos' flight after two orbits. Enos landed in the recovery area and was picked up 75 minutes after splashdown. He was found to be in good overall condition.
6. noun Valentina Tereshkova made 48 orbits of Earth. She spent almost three days in space.
7. noun Jupiter has four inner satellies: Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. Their orbits are very close to the planet.
8. noun The planets follow elliptical orbits.
9. noun The ISS travels in orbit around the Earth at an average speed of 27,743.8 km/h, completing 15.7 orbits per day.
10. noun Comet Siding Spring is one of the long-period comets, those that require more than 200 years to orbit the Sun. These comets come from the Oort Cloud, a sphere of about a trillion ancient, icy objects located hundreds to thousands of times farther than the planets' orbits.
11. noun Pluto’s orbit is more elliptical and more inclined than the orbits of the eight solar system planets.
12. noun Over the course of seven years of planned mission duration, the spacecraft will make 24 orbits of our star.
13. noun The scientists who made the discovery, led by Scott Sheppard at the Carnegie Institute of Science in Washington, used the powerful Subaru telescope in Hawaii to gather data over several years, as well as new computing algorithms, to track potential moons and orbits.
14. noun "Studying the orbits of these moons can reveal their origins, as well as information about the conditions surrounding Saturn at the time of its formation," Sheppard said in a release from Carnegie on Monday.
15. noun Earth’s upper atmosphere is where most low-Earth-orbiting satellites reside, and their orbits are strongly affected by sudden density changes created by space weather.
16. verb The earth rotates on its axis and it orbits the sun.
17. verb An exomoon is a moon that orbits around an exoplanet.
18. verb The Earth orbits around the Sun. It takes one year to go around the Sun one complete time.
19. verb One of Neptune's moons, Triton, orbits the planet in a direction opposite to Neptune's other moons.
20. verb Sometimes, as the Earth orbits the Sun, it comes between the Sun and the Moon. When this happens, the Earth throws a dark shadow across the Moon. This is known as an eclipse of the Moon, or a lunar eclipse.
21. verb The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of 382,400 kilometers.
22. verb The nucleus of a hydrogen atom consists of a single proton. Around this proton orbits a single electron.
23. verb Helium is the second simplest atom. It consists of a nucleus containing 2 protons and 2 neutrons. Around the nucleus orbits 2 electrons.
24. verb The Moon orbits the Earth.
25. verb The earth orbits the sun once a year.
26. verb This planet orbits two stars.
27. verb As the ISS orbits the Earth, both the vehicle and crew members are in a constant state of free-fall causing astronauts to experience a feeling of weightlessness.
28. verb As Saturn orbits the Sun, though, our view of its rings changes.
29. verb A mission called GRACE has a satellite that orbits Earth and maps the gravity across the surface.
30. verb The artificial satellite orbits the earth.
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noun
The satellite made 10 orbits of the earth.
The readiest support for planets' having confocal orbits is their sometimes retrograde motion.
To go on from pain to pain mystery to mystery. From stone pain to plant pain. For everything is pain. The pain of battle the fear of not being. Links of pain chain the earth to the sky the waters to the land. And worlds gallop in orbits of affliction. Thinking of surprise.
The asteroid belt is located in the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Enos became the first chimp to orbit the earth on November 29, 1961, aboard a Mercury Atlas rocket. Although the mission plan originally called for three orbits, due to a malfunctioning thruster and other technical difficulties, flight controllers were forced to terminate Enos' flight after two orbits. Enos landed in the recovery area and was picked up 75 minutes after splashdown. He was found to be in good overall condition.
Valentina Tereshkova made 48 orbits of Earth. She spent almost three days in space.
Jupiter has four inner satellies: Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. Their orbits are very close to the planet.
The planets follow elliptical orbits.
The ISS travels in orbit around the Earth at an average speed of 27,743.8 km/h, completing 15.7 orbits per day.
Comet Siding Spring is one of the long-period comets, those that require more than 200 years to orbit the Sun. These comets come from the Oort Cloud, a sphere of about a trillion ancient, icy objects located hundreds to thousands of times farther than the planets' orbits.
Pluto’s orbit is more elliptical and more inclined than the orbits of the eight solar system planets.
Over the course of seven years of planned mission duration, the spacecraft will make 24 orbits of our star.
The scientists who made the discovery, led by Scott Sheppard at the Carnegie Institute of Science in Washington, used the powerful Subaru telescope in Hawaii to gather data over several years, as well as new computing algorithms, to track potential moons and orbits.
"Studying the orbits of these moons can reveal their origins, as well as information about the conditions surrounding Saturn at the time of its formation," Sheppard said in a release from Carnegie on Monday.
Earth’s upper atmosphere is where most low-Earth-orbiting satellites reside, and their orbits are strongly affected by sudden density changes created by space weather.
verb
The earth rotates on its axis and it orbits the sun.
An exomoon is a moon that orbits around an exoplanet.
The Earth orbits around the Sun. It takes one year to go around the Sun one complete time.
One of Neptune's moons, Triton, orbits the planet in a direction opposite to Neptune's other moons.
Sometimes, as the Earth orbits the Sun, it comes between the Sun and the Moon. When this happens, the Earth throws a dark shadow across the Moon. This is known as an eclipse of the Moon, or a lunar eclipse.
The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of 382,400 kilometers.
The nucleus of a hydrogen atom consists of a single proton. Around this proton orbits a single electron.
Helium is the second simplest atom. It consists of a nucleus containing 2 protons and 2 neutrons. Around the nucleus orbits 2 electrons.
The Moon orbits the Earth.
The earth orbits the sun once a year.
This planet orbits two stars.
As the ISS orbits the Earth, both the vehicle and crew members are in a constant state of free-fall causing astronauts to experience a feeling of weightlessness.
As Saturn orbits the Sun, though, our view of its rings changes.
A mission called GRACE has a satellite that orbits Earth and maps the gravity across the surface.
The artificial satellite orbits the earth.
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