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orbit
English
Alternative forms
- (eye socket) orbita
Etymology
From Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.b?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???.b?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)b?t
Noun
orbit (countable and uncountable, plural orbits)
- (astronomy) A circular or elliptical path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- Hyponyms: Clarke orbit, graveyard orbit, Hohmann transfer orbit, last photon orbit, Lissajous orbit, low Earth orbit, lunar orbit, Lyapunov orbit, Molniya orbit, osculating orbit, parking orbit, subsynchronous orbit, synchronous orbit
- One complete circuit round an orbited body.
- (uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.
- (physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
- (pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.
- A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
- (anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
- Synonyms: eye socket, cranial orbit
- (zoology) The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
- (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
- (geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
- (informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
Usage notes
When referring to astronomical orbits, "in orbit" and "on orbit" have somewhat different meanings. In general, a body is said to be "in orbit" if it is in freefall going around another body; while something happens "on orbit" if it occurs aboard an orbiting spacecraft. Thus one might say, "The space capsule is in orbit, and the astronauts inside are performing experiments on orbit."
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
orbit (third-person singular simple present orbits, present participle orbiting, simple past and past participle orbited)
- (astronomy) To circle or revolve around another object.
- To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
- Synonym: launch
- To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
- To move around the general vicinity of something.
- Synonyms: circumambulate, tag along
- To move in a circle.
- (transitive) To center (around).
- (transitive, dating) To continue to follow and/or engage with someone via social media after breaking up with them.
Antonyms
- deorbit
Translations
References
- “orbit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “orbit”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
See also
- satellite
Anagrams
- tribo-
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [or?bit]
Verb
orbit
- past participle of orbi
orbit From the web:
- what orbits the sun
- what orbits the earth
- what orbits the nucleus
- what orbits around the nucleus of an atom
- what orbits between mars and jupiter
- what orbits the nucleus of an atom
- what orbits around the sun
- what orbits a planet
obit
English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman obit, Middle French obit, and their source, Latin obitus (“going down; death”), from ob?re (“to go down, to die”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??b?t/, /???b?t/
Noun
obit (plural obits)
- (archaic) Death of a person. [14th-17th c.]
- (Christianity, historical) A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. [from 14th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 582:
- Medieval wills often contained bequests to pay for the singing of special (non-perpetual) masses on the testator's behalf. These obits, as they were called, combined alms for the poor with masses for the dead.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 582:
- A record of a person's death. [from 15th c.]
Etymology 2
Shortened from obituary.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???b?t/, /??b?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
obit (plural obits)
- (colloquial) An obituary.
Anagrams
- B. I. O. T., biot
French
Etymology
Latin obitus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.bit/
Noun
obit m (plural obits)
- (archaic) death
Related terms
- obituaire
Further reading
- “obit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
obit
- third-person singular present active indicative of obe?
obit From the web:
- what obituary mean
- what orbits the sun
- what orbits the earth
- what orbits the nucleus
- what orbits between mars and jupiter
- what orbits around the nucleus of an atom
- what orbits the nucleus of an atom
- what orbits a planet
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