Found 4 items, similar to orbit.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: orbit
edaran, orbit
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: orbit
orbit
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: orbit
orbit
v : move in an orbit;
“The moon orbits around the Earth”;
“The
planets are orbiting the sun”;
“electrons orbit the
nucleus” [syn:
revolve]
orbit
n 1: the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial
body in its revolution about another;
“he plotted the
orbit of the moon” [syn:
celestial orbit]
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,
domain,
area,
field,
arena]
3: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or
control:
“the range of a supersonic jet”;
“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,
range,
reach,
compass,
ambit]
4: the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom [syn:
electron orbit]
5: the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball [syn:
eye socket
,
cranial orbit,
orbital cavity]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Orbit
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.
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2. An orb or ball. [Rare & Improper]
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Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. --Young.
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3. (Anat.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye
and its appendages are situated.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
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