orbit
noun/ˈɔːbɪt/
/ˈɔːrbɪt/
- [countable, uncountable] a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc.
- the earth’s orbit around the sun
- in orbit a space station in orbit around the moon
- into orbit A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.
Extra ExamplesTopics Spaceb2- The spaceship made an orbit of the moon.
- Mercury follows an elliptical orbit.
- He spent eleven months in orbit.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- circular
- elliptical
- eccentric
- …
- enter
- go into
- reach
- …
- in orbit
- orbit around
- orbit round
- …
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- [singular] an area that a particular person, organization, etc. deals with or is able to influence
- within somebody's orbit to come/fall/be within somebody’s orbit
Word Originmid 16th cent. (referring to the eye socket): from Latin orbita ‘course, track’ (in medieval Latin ‘eye socket’), feminine of orbitus ‘circular’, from orbis ‘ring’.
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