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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another;
- Example: "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
[syn: orbit, celestial orbit]

2. a particular environment or walk of life;
- Example: "his social sphere is limited"
- Example: "it was a closed area of employment"
- Example: "he's out of my orbit"
[syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena]

3. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet";
- Example: "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"
- Example: "the ambit of municipal legislation"
- Example: "within the compass of this article"
- Example: "within the scope of an investigation"
- Example: "outside the reach of the law"
- Example: "in the political orbit of a world power"
[syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit]

4. the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom;
[syn: orbit, electron orbit]

5. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball;
[syn: eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity]


VERB (1)

1. move in an orbit;
- Example: "The moon orbits around the Earth"
- Example: "The planets are orbiting the sun"
- Example: "electrons orbit the nucleus"
[syn: orb, orbit, revolve]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Orbit \Or"bit\, n. [L. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel,
   course, circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d
   Orb.]
   1. (Astron.) The path described by a heavenly body in its
      periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit
      of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An orb or ball. [Rare & Improper]
      [1913 Webster]

            Roll the lucid orbit of an eye.       --Young.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Anat.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye
      and its appendages are situated.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. (Zool.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

orbit
    n 1: the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial
         body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit
         of the moon" [syn: orbit, celestial orbit]
    2: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere
       is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out
       of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit,
       field, arena]
    3: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or
       control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a
       greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal
       legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within
       the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the
       law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn:
       scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit]
    4: the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom [syn:
       orbit, electron orbit]
    5: the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball [syn:
       eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity]
    v 1: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The
         planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the
         nucleus" [syn: orb, orbit, revolve]


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Orbit

   A Scheme compiler.

   ["Orbit: An Optimising Compiler for Scheme", D.A. Kranz et al,
   SIGPLAN Notices 21(7):281-292 (Jul 1986)].

   (1994-10-28)