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or·bit

ˈôrbət/

noun

noun: orbit; plural noun: orbits

1. 1.

   the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

   synonyms:

   course, path, circuit, track, trajectory, rotation, revolution, circle; rarecircumgyration "the monthly orbit of the Moon"

   • one complete circuit around an orbited body.
   • the state of being on or moving in an orbit.

     "planets in orbit around the sun"
   • the path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
2. 2.

   a sphere of activity, interest, or application.

   "a radical filmmaker outside the Hollywood orbit"

   synonyms:

   sphere, sphere of influence, area of activity, range, scope, ambit,compass, jurisdiction, authority, domain, realm, province, territory,turf;  informalbailiwick "the problem comes outside our orbit"

3. 3.

   ANATOMY

   the cavity in the skull of a vertebrate that contains the eye; the eye socket.

   • the area around the eye of a bird or other animal.

verb

verb: orbit; 3rd person present: orbits; past tense: orbited; past participle: orbited; gerund or present participle: orbiting

1. 1.

   (of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit around (a star, planet, or moon).

   "Mercury orbits the Sun"

   synonyms:

   revolve around, circle around, go around, travel around "Mercury orbits the Sun"

   • fly or move around in a circle.

     "the mobile's disks spun and orbited slowly"

     synonyms:

     revolve around, circle around, go around, travel around "Mercury orbits the Sun"

   • put (a satellite) into orbit.

Origin

mid 16th century (sense 3 of the noun): from Latin orbita ‘course, track’ (in medieval Latin ‘eye socket’), feminine of orbitus ‘circular,’ from orbis ‘ring.’