orbit

orbit
orbit [ôr′bit]
n.
[MFr orbite < ML orbita < L, path, track < orbis, a circle, wheel]
1. the bony cavity containing the eye; eye socket
2. [L orbita]
a) the actual or imaginary path taken by a celestial body during its periodic revolution around another body
b) the path taken by an artificial satellite or spacecraft around a celestial body
3. the range of one's experience or activity; ordinary course of life
4. Zool. the skin around the eye of a bird
vi.
to move in an orbit or circle
vt.
1. to put (a satellite or spacecraft) into an orbit in space
2. to move in an orbit around
orbital
adj.

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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, (of a celestial body) /


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