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"he plotted the orbit of the moon"nounthe (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
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"in the political orbit of a world power"nounan area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:type of:
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"he's out of my orbit"nouna particular environment or walk of lifetype of:
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"The moon orbits around the Earth" "The planets are orbiting the sun" "electrons orbit the nucleus"verbmove in an orbittype of:
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nounthe bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
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nounthe path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
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Definition that contains orbit
- revolution a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- satellite man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
- satellite any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
- capture bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
- superior having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
- primary (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- forehead the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
- revolutionary of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn
- orbit move in an orbit
- glenn made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)