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or⋅bit

  [awr-bit]
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–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

Related forms:
or⋅bit⋅ar⋅y, adjective
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or·bit   (ôr'bĭt)   
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.
  2. 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.
  4. 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   (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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