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or·bit    Audio Help   [awr-bit] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
2.the usual course of one's life or range of one's activities.
3.the sphere of power or influence, as of a nation or person: a small nation in the Russian orbit.
4.Physics. (in Bohr theory) the path traced by an electron revolving around the nucleus of an atom.
5.an orb or sphere.
6.Anatomy.
a.the bony cavity of the skull that contains the eye; eye socket.
b.the eye.
7.Zoology. the part surrounding the eye of a bird or insect.
–verb (used with object)
8.to move or travel around in an orbital or elliptical path: The earth orbits the sun once every 365.25 days.
9.to send into orbit, as a satellite.
–verb (used without object)
10.to go or travel in an orbit.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L orbita wheel track, course, circuit]

or·bit·ar·y, adjective
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or·bit    Audio Help   (ôr'bĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body.
    2. One complete revolution of such a body.
    3. A range of activity, experience, or knowledge.
    4. A range of control or influence: "What magnetism drew these quaking ruined creatures into his orbit?" (Malcolm Lowry). See Synonyms at range.
  1. The path of a body in a field of force surrounding another body; for example, the movement of an atomic electron in relation to a nucleus.
    1. A range of activity, experience, or knowledge.
    2. A range of control or influence: "What magnetism drew these quaking ruined creatures into his orbit?" (Malcolm Lowry). See Synonyms at range.
  2. Either of two bony cavities in the skull containing an eye and its external structures; an eye socket.

v.   or·bit·ed, or·bit·ing, or·bits

v.   tr.
  1. To put into an orbit: orbit a satellite.
  2. To revolve around (a center of attraction): The moon orbits Earth.

v.   intr.
To move in an orbit.


[Middle English orbite, eye socket, from Old French, from Latin orbita, orbit, probably from orbis.]

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orbit  (n.)
1392, "the eye socket," from M.L. orbita, transf. use of L. orbita "wheel track, course, orbit" (see orb). Astronomical sense first recorded 1696 in Eng.; it was in classical L., revived in Gerard of Cremona's transl. of Avicenna. The verb is attested from 1946, from the noun.

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orbit

noun
1. the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon" 
2. 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" [syn: sphere
3. 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" [syn: scope
4. the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom 
5. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball [syn: eye socket

verb
1. move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" [syn: orb

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orbit

see in orbit.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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orbit [ˈoːbit] noun
the path in which something moves around a planet, star etc, eg the path of the Earth round the Sun or of a spacecraft round the Earth
Example: The spaceship is in orbit round the moon.
Arabic: مَدار
Chinese (Simplified): (天体等的)运行轨道
Chinese (Traditional): (天體等的)運行軌道
Czech: oběžná dráha
Danish: bane; kredsløb
Dutch: baan
Estonian: orbiit
Finnish: kiertorata
French: orbite
German: die Orbit, die Umlaufbahn
Greek: τροχιά
Hungarian: pálya (égitesté)
Icelandic: (hring)braut
Indonesian: orbit
Italian: orbita
Japanese: 軌道
Korean: 궤도
Latvian: orbīta
Lithuanian: orbita
Norwegian: bane, krets(løp)
Polish: orbita
Portuguese (Brazil): órbita
Portuguese (Portugal): órbita
Romanian: orbită
Russian: орбита
Slovak: obežná dráha
Slovenian: orbita
Spanish: órbita
Swedish: bana
Turkish: yörünge
orbit [ˈoːbit] verb
to go round in space
Example: The spacecraft orbits the Earth every 24 hours.
Arabic: يَدور حَوْل
Chinese (Simplified): 沿轨道运行
Chinese (Traditional): 沿軌道運行
Czech: obíhat
Danish: kredse om
Dutch: draaien om
Estonian: orbiidil tiirlema
Finnish: kiertää radallaan
French: décrire une orbite (autour de)
German: umkreisen
Greek: κινούμαι σε τροχιά στο διάστημα
Hungarian: kering (űrhajó)
Icelandic: ganga á braut umhverfis
Indonesian: mengelilingi
Italian: orbitare, compiere un'orbita intorno a*
Japanese: 軌道に乗る
Korean: (…주위를) 궤도를 그리며 돌다
Latvian: riņķot pa orbītu
Lithuanian: apskrieti
Norwegian: kretse (rundt)
Polish: okrążać
Portuguese (Brazil): descrever uma órbita
Portuguese (Portugal): percorrer a órbita de
Romanian: a se mişca pe o orbită (în jurul)
Russian: вращаться, * двигаться по орбите
Slovak: obiehať
Slovenian: obkrožiti
Spanish: girar alrededor de, orbitar alrededor de
Swedish: röra sig i en bana, kretsa
Turkish: yörüngede dönmek
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orbit    Audio Help   (ôr'bĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
Noun  
  1. The path followed by a celestial body or artificial satellite as it revolves around another body due to the force of gravity. Orbits are nearly elliptical or circular in shape and are very closely approximated by Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
  2. One complete revolution of such a body. See Note at solar system.
  3. A stable quantum state of an electron (or other particle) in motion around an atomic nucleus. See more at orbital.
  4. Either of two bony hollows in the skull containing the eye and its associated structures.

Verb  
  1. To move in an orbit around another body.
  2. To put into an orbit, as a satellite is put into orbit around the Earth.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
orbit

In astronomy, the path followed by an object revolving around another object, under the influence of gravitation (see satellite). In physics, the path followed by an electron within an atom. The planets follow elliptical orbits around the sun (see ellipse).

Note: Informally, something is “in orbit” when its actions are controlled by an external agency or force: “The countries of eastern Europe were once in the orbit of the Soviet Union.”

[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics


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Orbit
A Scheme compiler.
["Orbit: An Optimising Compiler for Scheme", D.A. Kranz et al, SIGPLAN Notices 21(7):281-292 (Jul 1986)].
(1994-10-28)

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Orbit

Ex*or"bi*tant\, a. [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See Orbit.]

1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims.

Foul exorbitant desires. --Milton.

2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.

The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. --Hooker.
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