orbit
noun
[ ˈɔːbɪt ]
• the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
• "the Earth's orbit around the sun"
Similar:
course,
path,
circuit,
track,
trajectory,
rotation,
revolution,
circle,
cycle,
round,
circumgyration,
• an area of activity, interest, or influence.
• "audiences drawn largely from outside the Party orbit"
Similar:
sphere,
sphere of influence,
area of activity,
range,
reach,
scope,
ambit,
compass,
sweep,
jurisdiction,
authority,
remit,
span of control,
domain,
realm,
province,
territory,
preserve,
department,
turf,
bailiwick,
• the cavity in the skull of a vertebrate that contains the eye; the eye socket.
orbit
verb
• (of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit round (a star or planet).
• "Mercury orbits the Sun"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in orbit (sense 3 of the noun)): from Latin orbita ‘course, track’ (in medieval Latin ‘eye socket’), feminine of orbitus ‘circular’, from orbis ‘ring’.
