Meaning Orbit
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In medicine, the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits.
Source: medicinenet.com (offline)

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A circular holding pattern of an aircraft around a fixed location often related to a wildland fire. For example, the circular pattern of an air tanker in the vicinity of a wildland fire, waiting to ma [..]
Source: nwcg.gov

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After each player at a table has served as the dealer for a hand. Each time the button passes you is a complete orbit.
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The bony cavity containing the eyeball.
Source: radiologyinfo.org

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1946, from orbit (n.). Related: Orbited; orbiting.
Source: etymonline.com

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late 14c., "the eye socket," from Old French orbite or directly from Medieval Latin orbita, transferred use of Latin orbita "wheel track, beaten path, rut, course, orbit" (see orb) [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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The path of a celestial body as it moves through space.
Source: seasky.org

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path of one object around a more massive object.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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to move in a circular pattern around a more massive object. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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The path that a satellite follows in its motion through space relative to the attracting body.
Source: glossary.ametsoc.org

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The act of traveling around a celestial body; or the path followed by an object moving around a celestial body. For example, the planets travel around, or orbit, the Sun because the Sun’s gravity keep [..]
Source: amazingspace.org

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orb: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus&quo [..]
Source: google-dictionary.so8848.com

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the path in which something moves around another thing in space
Source: eenglish.in

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The act of traveling around a celestial body; or the path followed by an object moving around a celestial body. For example, the planets travel around, or orbit, the Sun because the Sun’s gravity keep [..]
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The path, relative to a specified frame of reference, described by the center of mass of a satellite or other object in space subjected primarily to natural forces, mainly the force of gravity. [NTIA] [RR]
Source: atis.org (offline)

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The path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body.
Source: hurricanescience.org

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The path through space of one celestial body or spacecraft about another.
Source: sci2.esa.int (offline)

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Online service (host) which used to provide customer access to Derwent databases. Closed in November 1999. Customers now use the much enhanced Questel.Orbit platform.
Source: ip-science.thomsonreuters.com (offline)

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Eye socket.
Source: medindia.net

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A specific path followed by a planet, satellite, etc.
Source: starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov

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(n) - the path of a satellite or celestial object around a center
Source: sherwoodrocks.net (offline)

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A path of one body in its revolution about another body.
Source: mdk12.msde.maryland.gov

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path one object takes when moving around another object in space. order
Source: alanpedia.com

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An orbit refers to a time-ordered list of states of a dynamical system as it moves through its phase space.  This is analogous to the concept of an orbit in astronomy and subatomic physics.
Source: complexityexplorer.org

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The path of a shaft centre line during rotation. The orbit is usually observed on an oscilloscope connected to x- and y-axis displacement sensors. Sometimes called a Lissajous pattern.
Source: dataphysics.com

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The curved path, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body such as the Sun. This path is usually an elliptic, though sometimes it approximates quite well to a cirlce.
Source: frankswebspace.org.uk

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A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.
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Like planets revolving around the sun, reporters also make the rounds of offices, particularly the police stations, to get their weekly payola. The term may also refer to any effort to visit offices f [..]
Source: hotmanila.ph

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(n) the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another(n) a particular environment or walk of life(n) an area in which something acts or operates or has powe [..]
Source: beedictionary.com

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The path of a celestial body around another object (Lesson 29)
Source: silvergrovescience.angelfire.com

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Also know as the "globe", the structural area of the facial skeleton into which the eye is set.
Source: usaeyes.org (offline)

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The bony socket that holds the eyeball.
Source: health.harvard.edu

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orbis
Source: latin-dictionary.org (offline)

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The elliptical or hyperbolic path traced by a planet or meteorite or satellite in the presence of a more massive body.
Source: scientificpsychic.com (offline)

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Cavity which holds the eye (19thc)
Source: hharp.org

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An orbit is the path one object takes when it spins around another object. An electron has a path in a circle around the center of the atom. The Earth has an orbit around the sun. Since electrons can [..]
Source: chem4kids.com

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The path of a body in space, generally under the influence of gravity.
Source: phy6.org

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Bony cavity that holds the eyeball and its associated Tissues and appendages.
Source: online-medical-dictionary.org

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Path of planet around Sun, or of a satellite around its primary.
Source: crewtraffic.com

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The path described by a heavenly body in its periodic revolution. Earth satellite orbits with inclinations near 0 degree are called equatorial orbits because the satellite stays nearly over the equato [..]
Source: earthobservatory.nasa.gov

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Bony socket for the eye.
Source: archaeologyinfo.com

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The part of the skull that encloses and protects the eye and related structures.
Source: merckvetmanual.com

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Curved path, usually elliptical in shape, an object follows around a bigger object or a common center of mass.
Source: planetfacts.org

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The path of a body acted upon by the force of gravity. Under the influence of a single attracting body, all orbital paths trace out simple conic sections. Although all ballistic or free-fall trajectories follow an orbital path, the word orbit is more usually associated with the continuous path of a body which does not impact with its primary.
Source: thespacerace.com (offline)

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The act of traveling around a celestial body; or the path followed by an object moving around a celestial body. For example, the planets travel around, or orbit, the Sun because the Sun’s gravity keeps them in their paths, or orbits.
Source: amazing-space.stsci.edu (offline)

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the line followed by a spacecraft or a celestial body in motion around an object.
Source: solar-center.stanford.edu

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Path of a satellite around the earth.
Source: www0.landgate.wa.gov.au

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orbit (path of one object around another object)
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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