orbits

Meaning of orbits

noun
  1. A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object, particularly in astronomy and space travel.
    The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.
  2. A sphere of influence; an area of control.
    In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.
  3. 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.
  4. The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
  5. A mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom; area of the highest probability of electron´s occurrence around the atom's nucleus.
  6. A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
  7. The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
  8. A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
    Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car.
  9. A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.
verb
  1. To circle or revolve around another object.
    The Earth orbits the Sun.
  2. To move around the general vicinity of something.
    The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, begging for sweets.
  3. To place an object into an orbit around a planet.
    A rocket was used to orbit the satellite.

Information about orbits

  • The singular form of orbits is: orbit.
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Hyphenation of orbits

or-bits

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • orbits is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

orbits synonyms

Meaning :

circumambulate, launch

orbits antonyms

Meaning :

deorbit

Anagrams of orbits

bistro, Bristo

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