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orbit definition

or·bit (ôrbit)

noun

  1. the bony cavity containing the eye; eye socket
  2. Etymology: L orbita

    1. the actual or imaginary path taken by a celestial body during its periodic revolution around another body
    2. 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

Etymology: MFr orbite < ML orbita < L, path, track < orbis, a circle, wheel

intransitive verb

to move in an orbit or circle

transitive verb

  1. to put (a satellite or spacecraft) into an orbit in space
  2. to move in an orbit around

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