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Orbit : (noun)
1: the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial
body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the
orbit of the moon" [syn: celestial orbit]
2: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere
is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's
out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, field,
arena]
3: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or
control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of
municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this
article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside
the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world
power" [syn: scope, range, reach, compass, ambit]
4: the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom [syn:
electron orbit]
5: the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball [syn: eye
socket, cranial orbit, orbital cavity]
(verb)
1: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The
planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the
nucleus" [syn: revolve]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Orbit : \Or"bit\, n. [L. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel,
course, circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d
Orb.]
1. (Astron.) The path described by a heavenly body in its
periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit
of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
2. An orb or ball. [Rare & Improper]
Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. --Young.
3. (Anat.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye
and its appendages are situated.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Orbit :
A Scheme compiler.
["Orbit: An Optimising Compiler for Scheme", D.A. Kranz et al,
SIGPLAN Notices 21(7):281-292 (Jul 1986)].
(1994-10-28)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Orbit : Orbit: In medicine, the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits together with its associated muscles, blood vessels, and nerves. The orbit is formed of parts of the ethmoid, frontal, lacrimal,
nasal, palatine, sphenoid, and zygomatic bones and the maxilla .
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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