Definitions of orbit
British English : orbit If something such as a satellite orbits a planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path. VERBThey launched the first satellite to orbit the earth.
noun
- (astronomy ) the curved path, usually elliptical, followed by a planet, satellite, comet, etc, in its motion around another celestial body under the influence of gravitation
- a range or field of action or influence; sphere ⇒ he is out of my orbit
- (anatomy ) the bony cavity containing the eyeball Nontechnical name : eye socket
- (zoology ) the skin surrounding the eye of a bird the hollow in which lies the eye or eyestalk of an insect or other arthropod
- the skin surrounding the eye of a bird
- the hollow in which lies the eye or eyestalk of an insect or other arthropod
- (physics ) the path of an electron in its motion around the nucleus of an atom
- the skin surrounding the eye of a bird
- the hollow in which lies the eye or eyestalk of an insect or other arthropod
verb
- to move around (a body) in a curved path, usually circular or elliptical
- (transitive) to send (a satellite, spacecraft, etc) into orbit
- (intransitive) to move in or as if in an orbit