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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
tellurion
English
Etymology
From Latin tell?s (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh?- (“to bear, carry; to endure, undergo”) +? -ion (a Latinate suffix used in place of -ian (suffix meaning ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’)), possibly coined by Benjamin Martin (baptized 1705; died 1782), an English lecturer, lexicographer, and maker of scientific instruments: see the quotation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??lj??.??.?n/, /t?-/, /-?lj??-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /t??l(j)?.?i.?n/, /t?-/
- Homophone: tellurian
- Hyphenation: tel?lur?i?on
Noun
tellurion (plural tellurions)
- (astronomy, historical) An instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons.
Alternative forms
- tellarium (probably erroneous)
- tellurian
- tellurium
Translations
See also
- orrery
Notes
References
Further reading
- tellurion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
tellurion From the web:
- what is a tellurium used for
- what is com.tellurion mobile.adventure craft
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