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orbit
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Noun
  • the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
  • the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
  • 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
  • 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
  • the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
    • he plotted the orbit of the moon
Verb
  • move in an orbit
    • The moon orbits around the Earth
    • The planets are orbiting the sun
    • electrons orbit the nucleus
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