Orbit
['ɔːbɪt] or ['ɔrbɪt]
Definition
(noun.) the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; 'he plotted the orbit of the moon'.
(noun.) the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom.
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Definition
(n.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
(n.) An orb or ball.
(n.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
(n.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Orb, circular path (of a celestial body).[2]. (Anat.) Cavity of the eye.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Revolution, path, circuit, sphere
ANT:Eccentricity, deviation, perturbation
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Definition
n. the path in which one of the heavenly bodies as a planet moves round another as the sun: the hollow in the bone in which the eyeball rests—also Or′bita: the skin round the eye.—adjs. Or′bital Or′bitary.
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Examples
- Great importance has been attached to this variation in the inclination of the equator to the orbit by Dr. Croll in his book _Climate and Time_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But this change in the shape of the orbit is only one cause of the change of the world's climate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The ordinary problem in planetary perturbations calls for the determination of the effect on a known orbit exerted by a body of known mass and m otion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He was little, lame, and pale; his large eyes shone somewhat languidly in a wan orbit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Adams started with the assumptions, not im probable, that the orbit of the unknown planet was a circle, and that its distance from the sun was tw ice that of Uranus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As most people know, the change in the seasons is due to the fact that the equator of the earth is inclined at an angle to the plane of its orbit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Adam kept Eve in the indestructible paradise, when he kept her single with himself, like a star in its orbit. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Differences of temperature and density of the parts of the original mass account for the eccentricity of orbits, and deviations fro m the plane of the equator. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- By Flamsteed, the first Royal Astronomer, were supplied more accurate data for the determination of planetary orbits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was thus that the hypothesis that the planets move in circular orbits, recommended by its simplicity and ?sthetic quality, was forced to give way to the hyp othesis of elliptical orbits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Around this the suns keep their orbits harmoniously, all apparent irregularities arising from our eccentric view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- At the same time the book contains interesting conjectures in reference to the relati on of earthquakes and volcanoes, and to the fact that comets travel in fixed orbits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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