orbit
The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
Noun 4 meanings
The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
“In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.”
The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
Verb 4 meanings
To circle or revolve around another object or position.
“The Earth orbits the Sun.”
To move around the general vicinity of something.
“The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, begging for sweets.”
To move in a circle.
To center (around).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”).
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ORBIT at a glance
ORBIT has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (O 1 + R 1 + B 3 + I 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,708 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with orbit
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- OOBIT7
- OUBIT7
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