Orbit

Quick meaning: Orbit is a noun meaning The curved path of one object around a point or another body.

Meaning

The curved path of one object around a point or another body.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
2. (anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
3. (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
4. (poker, Texas hold 'em) The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.
5. (informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
6. (astronomy, transitive) To circle or revolve around another object or position.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

The Earth orbits the Sun.

All right, I'll play one more orbit but then I'm leaving!

Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car.

In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.

Word Forms

• orbits
• orbiting
• orbited

Synonyms for orbit

Depending on context, synonyms include eye socket, circumambulate, ambit, domain, range, scope.

Antonyms for orbit

Common opposites include deorbit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include compass, area, sphere, range, ambit, field.

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