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Word: orbit (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.
  • anatomy The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
  • A sphere of influence; an area of control.
  • mathematics A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
  • physics The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus
  • The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.

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Verb:

  • To circle or revolve around another object.
  • To move around the general vicinity of something.
  • To place an object into an orbit around a planet

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