Orbit Synonyms

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Synonyms for Orbit

revolution
The time taken for a body to go around an orbit and return to its original position
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turn
A momentary shock or scare:
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ring
(Historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
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apogee
The analogous point in an orbit around a celestial body other than Earth. Not in technical use.
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boundary
The definition of a boundary is a line or something else that marks a limit or border.
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circle
A planar region bounded by a circle.
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lap
An area of responsibility, interest, or control:
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circuit
A regular or accustomed course from place to place; a round:
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path
A course of action or conduct:
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course
Development in a particular way; progress:
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bounds
Plural form of bound.
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department
A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
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tour
(Military) A tour of duty.
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area
(Soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
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bailiwick
The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
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domain
The definition of a domain is a group of workgroups within the same company or organization that governs the ability of all the computers to communicate with other groups of computers both within and outside of the organization.
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province
An area, division, or branch of learning or activity
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realm
The domain of a certain abstraction.
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scene
So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
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subject
(Grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
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terrain
(Geology) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
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territory
(Sports) The area of a field defended by a specified team:
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world
A state of existence:
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bag
(Preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
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ambit
The sphere or area of control and influence of something.
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extension
A publicly funded program offering such instruction along with information on agriculture, home economics, and business.
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extent
(Computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
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purview
The general scope and coverage of a statute.
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reach
The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown.
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swing
(Informal, Business) Regular upward and downward change in the price of stocks or in some other business activity
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circumvolve
To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.
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rotate
(Intransitive) to spin, turn, or revolve.
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wheel
Wheel is defined as to turn, carry or move something along in a vehicle with wheels.
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eccentric
The definition of eccentric is something that is not exactly circular.
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influence
The ability of a person or group to produce effects indirectly by means of power based on wealth, high position, etc.
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radius
Any of various longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect
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retrograde
(Music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
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track
Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
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eye-socket
(Anatomy) The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit:
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celestial orbit
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
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electron orbit
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
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perigee
(Perhaps archaic except astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is closest to the Earth.
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round
A regular, customary course or circuit, as by a watchman of a station, a doctor of hospital patients, a drinker of a number of bars, etc.
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hold pattern
Path described by one body revolving around another
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ellipse
A conic section whose plane is not parallel to the axis, base, or generatrix of the intersected cone.
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cycle
An interval of time during which a characteristic, often regularly repeated event or sequence of events occurs:
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curve
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
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parabolic orbit
Path described by one body revolving around another
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synchronous-orbit
A geostationary orbit.
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transfer orbit
Path described by one body revolving around another
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flight-path
A predefined route of travel for an aircraft or spacecraft.
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sphere
(Mythology) An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc. [from 14th c.]
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arena
An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (N. America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).
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range
An area for practicing shooting at targets.
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field
An area or setting of practical activity or application outside an office, school, factory, or laboratory:
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limit
(Mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
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circumference
The circumference is defined as the distance around something round or rounded, especially the distance around the edge of a circle.
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compass
An enclosed area
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sweep
The steady motion of an electron beam across a cathode-ray tube.
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dominion
Rule or power to rule; sovereign authority; sovereignty
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jurisdiction
The power wielded by a government over its subjects, their property, and the land and natural resources within its boundaries.
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precinct
Any limited area, as of thought
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encircle
To make a circle around; enclose within a circle; surround
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encompass
To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
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move in a circuit
To revolve around another body
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go around
To revolve around another body
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revolve
(Intransitive) To recur in cycles.
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fire
To drive away by setting a fire.
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blast-off
(Idiomatic, intransitive) to begin ascent under rocket power
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lift-off
To put into orbit
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project
To form a plan or intention for:
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captured
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geostationary
Of, relating to, or being a satellite that travels above earth's equator from west to east at an altitude of approximately 35,900 kilometers (22,300 miles) and at an angular speed matching that of the earth's rotation, thus remaining stationary as observed from any location on the earth's surface.
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synchronous
(Computing, of communication) Single-threaded; blocking; occurring in the same thread as other computations, thereby preventing those computations from resuming until the communication is complete.
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epicycle
A circle whose center moves along the circumference of another, larger circle
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gyrate
To move in a spiral or spirallike course.
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rotation
A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
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cranial-orbit
(Anatomy) An eye socket.
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orb
(Poetic) to form into an orb or circle
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scope
The extent of a given activity or subject that is involved, treated, or relevant:
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Words Related to Orbit

orbital-cavity
(Anatomy) An eye socket.
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orbital
A partial description of the quantum state of an electron (or other particle) orbiting the nucleus of an atom. Different orbitals have different shapes and orientations, depending on the energy of the electron, its angular momentum, and its magnetic number. Orbitals have no clear boundaries; the shape of an orbital, as depicted graphically, shows only the regions around the nucleus in which an electron has a relatively high probability of being found. No more than two electrons (each with opposite spin) can coexist in a single orbital because of the Pauli exclusion principle.
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repetition
(Weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion; also called a rep. A group of repetitions is a set.
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launch
To set going; initiate:
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jovian
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milky-way
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neutron-star
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saturn
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jupiter
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star-cluster
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globular-cluster
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move
To stir the emotions:
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galaxy
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asteroid
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gas-giant
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comet
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  • Ordinary meteors, in the region of the earth's orbit, appear to be separated by intervals of about 250 m.

  • Encke, the astronomer who first investigated its orbit and showed its periodicity.

  • It is now known to correspond to the actual orbit of the planet round the sun.

  • Another element is the time of revolution of the body in its orbit, called its period.

  • If a point be in motion in any orbit and with any velocity, and if, at each instant, a line be drawn from a fixed point parallel and equal to the velocity of the moving point at that instant, the extremities of these lines will lie on a curve called the hodograph.

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