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English Dictionary: orbit |
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3 results for orbit |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- orbit
- n
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial
body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
Synonym(s): orbit, celestial 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"
Synonym(s): sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
- 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"
Synonym(s): scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
Synonym(s): orbit, electron orbit
- the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
Synonym(s): eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity
- v
- move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The
planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
Synonym(s): orb, orbit, revolve
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Orbit \Or"bit\, n. [L. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel,
course, circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d
{Orb}.]
1. (Astron.) The path described by a heavenly body in its
periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit
of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
2. An orb or ball. [Rare & Improper]
Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. --Young.
3. (Anat.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye
and its appendages are situated.
4. (Zo[94]l.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
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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