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Synonyms for orbit
ˈɔr bɪtor·bit
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Wiktionary
orbitverb
Synonyms:
tag along, circumambulate, launchorbitverb
A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.
The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.
Synonyms:
circumambulate, tag along, launchorbitverb
To move around the general vicinity of something.
The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, asking for sweets.
Synonyms:
launch, circumambulate, tag alongorbitnoun
The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.
Synonyms:
tag along, launch, circumambulate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
orbit
Synonyms:
revolution, path, circuit, sphereAntonyms:
eccentricity, deviation, perturbation
Princeton's WordNet
orbit, celestial orbitnoun
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
"he plotted the orbit of the moon"
Synonyms:
reach, sphere, range, domain, scope, arena, electron orbit, cranial orbit, area, compass, eye socket, ambit, field, celestial orbit, orbital cavitysphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arenanoun
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"
Synonyms:
study, compass, land, heavens, sphere, demesne, knowledge base, field of study, plain, empyrean, welkin, ambit, sector, range, scope, eye socket, field of operations, country, subject field, reach, flying field, subject area, vault of heaven, celestial sphere, expanse, area, force field, line of business, sphere of influence, theater of operations, battlefield, theatre of operations, orbital cavity, bailiwick, stadium, playing area, field of view, champaign, scene of action, theatre, battleground, airfield, knowledge domain, cranial orbit, world, electron orbit, playing field, theater, discipline, region, firmament, field of operation, field of force, sports stadium, bowl, landing field, subject, domain, field of honor, arena, surface area, domain of a function, field, field of battle, celestial orbit, athletic fieldscope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambitnoun
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"
Synonyms:
compass, oscilloscope, background, sphere, electron orbit, scope, ambit, range, stove, eye socket, kitchen range, setting, area, range of a function, orbital cavity, grasp, cooking stove, chain, mountain range, reaching, range of mountains, stretch, kitchen stove, chain of mountains, cathode-ray oscilloscope, mountain chain, image, telescope, reach, domain, cranial orbit, arena, field, celestial orbitorbit, electron orbitnoun
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
Synonyms:
reach, sphere, range, domain, scope, arena, electron orbit, cranial orbit, area, compass, eye socket, ambit, field, celestial orbit, orbital cavityeye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavityverb
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
Synonyms:
reach, range, domain, arena, scope, eye socket, electron orbit, cranial orbit, sphere, compass, ambit, field, celestial orbit, orbital cavity, areaorb, orbit, revolveverb
move in an orbit
"The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
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Editors Contribution
go around
orbit has a literal meaning to go around something or someone
the earth orbits the sun
Submitted by samanthi.nethali on September 28, 2020
Dictionary of English Synonymes
orbitnoun
Synonyms:
orb, circular path (of a celestial body)orbitnoun
Synonyms:
(Anat.) cavity of the eye
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#605 | range | |
#701 | track | |
#773 | land | |
#780 | region | |
#910 | domain | |
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#2254 | reach | |
#2362 | theatre | |
#2595 | roll | |
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#2898 | circuit | |
#3226 | plain | |
#3232 | launch | |
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How to use orbit in a sentence?
You could use a constellation of cubesats that would light up at a certain time, if you flew thousands of them in the same formation that could illuminate every 90 minutes in low earth orbit.
Every time a new comet is discovered, everybody starts to try and get data so that you can get the orbit.
What we learn will inform how future exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit are performed. This will help ensure that our astronaut crews can work effectively through challenges unique to long-duration spaceflight, including communication delays.
We now know that our method works, but we would certainly like to delve deeper in the research with a better neural network and with more input, the tricky part is that small disruptions in the orbit calculations can lead to major changes in the conclusions.
Although the reliability of an untested North Korean ICBM is likely to be very low, North Korea has used its Taepodong-2 launch vehicle to put a satellite into orbit, thus demonstrating technologies applicable to a long-range missile.
Translations for orbit
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- مدارArabic
- কক্ষপথBengali
- orbitar, òrbitaCatalan, Valencian
- oběžná dráhaCzech
- Umlaufbahn, bringen, umkreisen, OrbitGerman
- τροχιάGreek
- orbitoEsperanto
- órbita, orbitarSpanish
- kiertää, kiertorataFinnish
- mettre en orbite, orbiter, orbiteFrench
- órbita, orbitarGalician
- מסלולHebrew
- űrpályaHungarian
- ուղեծիրArmenian
- orbitIndonesian
- orbitaItalian
- 公転, 周回, 軌道Japanese
- គន្លងKhmer
- 軌道, 궤도Korean
- orbītaLatvian
- amio, amiongaMāori
- ഭ്രമണപഥം, ഭ്രമണം ചെയ്യുകMalayalam
- baan, omcirkelen, omlopenDutch
- baneNorwegian
- orbitaOccitan
- krążyć, orbitowaćPolish
- څرخولPashto, Pushto
- órbita, orbitarPortuguese
- orbităRomanian
- орбитаRussian
- مَدارُSindhi
- кружница, kružnicaSerbo-Croatian
- krožnicaSlovene
- omloppsbanaSwedish
- కక్ష్య, ప్రదక్షిణంTelugu
- โคจรThai
- dönmek, uydu, sokmak, yörünge, girmekTurkish
- مدارUrdu
- quỹ đạo, 軌道Vietnamese
- 軌道Chinese
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