orbit
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
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Etymology: Inherited from Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”).
Inflected forms:
form: orbits
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: orbits
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: orbiting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: orbited
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: orbited
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.
gloss: The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.
The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.
Bondi has been inside Trump’s orbit for some time, and is widely seen to have demonstrated her loyalty to Trump during his first term, when she helped with his impeachment defense, and more recently when she repeatedly attended Trump’s criminal trial in New York.
So, it is clear from the consultation that while the intention is to bring track and train together under GBR, it will not escape the orbit of the government.
gloss: The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: All right, I'll play one more orbit but then I'm leaving!
gloss: A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
examples: Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car.
Given a veritable Pagan's Paddock by the Cats to work in on Friday night, Danger booted two goals in the first seven minutes to send Geelong fans into orbit.
gloss: To circle or revolve around another object or position.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The Earth orbits the Sun.
The satellite orbits the Lagrange point.
gloss: To circle or revolve around another object or position.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A rocket was used to orbit the satellite.
gloss: To move around the general vicinity of something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, begging for sweets.
gloss: To move in a circle.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To center (around).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I have orbited my entire life around you, and you know it, okay?
gloss: To continue to follow or engage with someone by means of social media after breaking up with them.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Antonyms: deorbit
Related words: satellite
Derived words: banana orbit
exorbitism
geosynchronous orbit
high Earth orbit
medium Earth orbit
nuke it from orbit
orbifold
orbital
orbitary
orbitational
orbiter
orbitography
orbiton
orbitopathy
orbitotomy
orbitrap
orbit-stabilizer theorem
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: wentelbaan
lang: Albanian
word: orbitë
lang: Albanian
word: rrokull
lang: Arabic
word: مَدَار
roman: madār
lang: Arabic
word: فَلَك
roman: falak
lang: Aramaic
word: ܡܘܙܠܬܐ
roman: mozaltā
lang: Armenian
word: ուղեծիր
roman: uġecir
lang: Asturian
word: órbita
lang: Azerbaijani
word: orbit
lang: Bashkir
word: орбита
roman: orbita
lang: Belarusian
word: арбі́та
roman: arbíta
lang: Bengali
word: কক্ষপথ
roman: kokkhopoth
lang: Breton
word: kelc'h
lang: Bulgarian
word: о́рбита
roman: órbita
lang: Burmese
word: ပတ်လမ်း
roman: patlam:
lang: Burmese
word: လမ်း
roman: lam:
lang: Catalan
word: òrbita
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 軌道 /轨道
roman: guǐdào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 軌跡 /轨迹
roman: guǐjì
lang: Cornish
word: resegva
lang: Czech
word: oběžná dráha
lang: Czech
word: orbita
lang: Danish
word: kredsløb
lang: Danish
word: omløbsbane
lang: Dutch
word: baan
lang: Esperanto
word: orbito
lang: Estonian
word: orbiit
lang: Finnish
word: kiertorata
lang: Finnish
word: rata
lang: French
word: orbite
lang: Galician
word: órbita
lang: Georgian
word: ორბიტი
roman: orbiṭi
lang: German
word: Umlaufbahn
lang: German
word: Orbit
lang: Greek
word: τροχιά
roman: trochiá
lang: Ancient Greek
word: περίοδος
roman: períodos
lang: Hebrew
word: מַסְלוּל
roman: maslúl
lang: Hindi
word: कक्षा
roman: kakṣā
lang: Hindi
word: मदार
roman: madār
lang: Hindi
word: भ्रमण
roman: bhramaṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: pálya
lang: Hungarian
word: űrpálya
lang: Ido
word: orbito
lang: Italian
word: orbita
lang: Japanese
word: 軌道
roman: kidō
lang: Kazakh
word: орбита
roman: orbita
lang: Khmer
word: គន្លង
roman: kɔɔkŭənlɔɔng
lang: Korean
word: 궤도
roman: gwedo
lang: Kyrgyz
word: орбита
roman: orbita
lang: Lao
word: ວົງໂຄຈອນ
roman: wong khō chǭn
lang: Latin
word: orbis
lang: Latin
word: circuitus
lang: Latin
word: ambitus
lang: Latin
word: gȳrus
lang: Latvian
word: orbīta
lang: Lithuanian
word: orbita
lang: Macedonian
word: орбита
roman: orbita
lang: Malay
word: orbit
lang: Malayalam
word: ഭ്രമണപഥം
roman: bhramaṇapathaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: ഭ്രമണ പഥം
roman: bhramaṇa pathaṁ
lang: Māori
word: amionga
lang: Māori
word: āmionga
lang: Marathi
word: कक्षा
roman: kakṣā
lang: Marathi
word: भ्रमणकक्षा
roman: bhramaṇkakṣā
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bane
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: omløpsbane
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bane
lang: Occitan
word: orbita
lang: Old English
word: ymbgang
lang: Old English
word: ymbhwyrft
lang: Pashto
word: مدار
roman: madār
lang: Persian
word: مدار
roman: madâr
lang: Polish
word: orbita
lang: Portuguese
word: órbita
lang: Portuguese
word: círculo
lang: Romanian
word: orbită
lang: Russian
word: орби́та
roman: orbíta
lang: Sanskrit
word: कक्षा
roman: kakṣā
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cearcall
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кру́жница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: о̀рбита
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: krúžnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: òrbita
lang: Slovak
word: obežná dráha
lang: Slovak
word: orbita
lang: Slovene
word: krožnica
lang: Slovene
word: tirnica
lang: Slovene
word: orbita
lang: Slovene
word: tir
lang: Spanish
word: órbita
lang: Swahili
word: obiti
lang: Swedish
word: omloppsbana
lang: Tagalog
word: ligiran
lang: Tajik
word: мадор
roman: mador
lang: Tamil
word: சுற்று
roman: cuṟṟu
lang: Tamil
word: சுற்றுப்பாதை
roman: cuṟṟuppātai
lang: Telugu
word: కక్ష్య
roman: kakṣya
lang: Thai
word: วงโคจร
roman: wong-koo-jɔɔn
lang: Turkish
word: yörünge
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: مدار
roman: medar
lang: Turkmen
word: orbita
lang: Ukrainian
word: орбі́та
roman: orbíta
lang: Urdu
word: مدار
roman: madār
lang: Uyghur
word: ئوربىتا
roman: orbita
lang: Uzbek
word: orbita
lang: Uzbek
word: mehvar
lang: Vietnamese
word: quỹ đạo
lang: Welsh
word: orbit m cylchdro
lang: Welsh
word: cylchlwybr
lang: Bulgarian
word: орбити́рам
roman: orbitíram
lang: Catalan
word: orbitar
lang: Cornish
word: resek a-dro
lang: Czech
word: obíhat
lang: Dutch
word: omcirkelen
lang: Dutch
word: omlopen
lang: Finnish
word: kiertää
lang: French
word: orbiter autour de
lang: Galician
word: orbitar
lang: German
word: umkreisen
lang: Hungarian
word: kering
lang: Irish
word: fithisigh
lang: Japanese
word: 周回する
roman: shūkaisuru
lang: Japanese
word: 公転する
roman: kōtensuru
lang: Malayalam
word: ഭ്രമണം ചെയ്യുക
roman: bhramaṇaṁ ceyyuka
lang: Māori
word: amio
lang: Old English
word: ymbhweorfan
lang: Pashto
word: څرخول
roman: carkhawəl
lang: Persian
word: دورادن
lang: Polish
word: krążyć
lang: Polish
word: orbitować
lang: Portuguese
word: orbitar
lang: Sindhi
word: مَدارُ
roman: madāru
lang: Spanish
word: orbitar
lang: Turkish
word: yörüngede dönmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: оберта́тися
roman: obertátysja
lang: Welsh
word: troi o gwmpas
lang: Welsh
word: cylchdroi