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orbit::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | celestial orbit |
| Type of | route, path, itinerary |
| Has types | geosynchronous orbit |
| Derivation | orbital |
he plotted the orbit of the moon.
orbit::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ambit, compass, range, reach, scope |
| Type of | extent |
| Has types | sweep, purview, spectrum, confines, contrast, latitude, palette, approximate range, expanse, view, internationality, ballpark, gamut, pallet, horizon, internationalism |
in the political orbit of a world power.
orbit::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | area, arena, domain, field, sphere |
| Type of | environment |
| Has types | province, political arena, political sphere, distaff, front, kingdom, land, lap, realm, preserve, responsibility |
he's out of my orbit.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | orb, revolve |
| Type of | circle |
| Has types | retrograde |
| Derivation | orbiter |
The moon orbits around the Earth.
The planets are orbiting the sun.
electrons orbit the nucleus.
orbit::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cranial orbit, eye socket, orbital cavity |
| Type of | cavum, bodily cavity, cavity |
| Derivation | orbital |
orbit::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | electron orbit |
| Type of | path, itinerary, route |
| Derivation | orbital |
Examples of orbit
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It will share a parking space with GOES-14, currently in the same storage orbit.
From the sciencedaily.com
Two images of the Phoenix Mars lander taken from Martian orbit in 2008 and 2010.
From the sciencedaily.com
It is known that Earth's orbit around the sun changes shape every 100,000 years.
From the sciencedaily.com
He realized that when Mars was closest to the sun, it went fastest in its orbit.
From the forbes.com
One would have to question the point of low earth orbit interventions by humans.
From the newscientist.com
Bigelow Aerospace could put a White House size space station in orbit with that.
From the economist.com
The mission will launch four satellites and three cubesats into low earth orbit.
From the sciencedaily.com
When it is near the Sun in its 560-year orbit, it may have a gaseous atmosphere.
From the newscientist.com
Does the moon's orbit around the earth contribute to the earth's magnetic field?
From the newscientist.com
- Orb: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
- The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
- Sphere: 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"
- Scope: 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 ...
- Eye socket: the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- (orbital) of or relating to an orbit; "orbital revolution"; "orbital velocity"
- In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space, for example the gravitational orbit of a planet around a point in space near a star.
- ORBit is a CORBA 2.4 compliant Object Request Broker (ORB). It features mature C, C++ and Python bindings, and less developed bindings for Perl, Lisp, Pascal, Ruby, and Tcl. Most of the code is distributed under the LGPL license, although the IDL compiler and utilities use the GPL.
- Orbit is the first album by William Orbit. While all of his later solo albums are predominantly instrumental, this album consists mostly of songs with lyrics, with vocals performed by Peta Nikolich.
