orbit

/ɔrbɪt/ nounverb
5 letters2 syllables7 points in Scrabble®8 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS6
NOUN
1

The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another.

“he plotted the orbit of the moon”

2

An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:.

“in the political orbit of a world power”

3

A particular environment or walk of life.

“he's out of my orbit”

4

The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball.

5

The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom.

VERB
1

Move in an orbit.

“The moon orbits around the Earth”

“The planets are orbiting the sun”

WORD FORMS
Related formorbital
Related formorbiter
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Pig Latinorbitway
Starts & ends withO … T
Syllablesor · bit
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