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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
orbit
n 1: the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial
body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit
of the moon" [syn: orbit, celestial orbit]
2: 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" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit,
field, arena]
3: 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" [syn:
scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit]
4: the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom [syn:
orbit, electron orbit]
5: the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball [syn:
eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity]
v 1: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The
planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the
nucleus" [syn: orb, orbit, revolve]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Orbit \Or"bit\, n. [L. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel,
course, circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d
Orb.]
1. (Astron.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. An orb or ball. [Rare & Improper]
[1913 Webster]
Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. --Young.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Anat.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye
and its appendages are situated.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
Orbit
A Scheme compiler.
["Orbit: An Optimising Compiler for Scheme", D.A. Kranz et al,
SIGPLAN Notices 21(7):281-292 (Jul 1986)].
(1994-10-28)
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Thesaurus Results for orbit:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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