orbit

Found in thesaurus: itinerary, route, path, environment, extent, cavum, bodily cavity, cavity, circulate, circle

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orbit

n. course of planets or satellites around another heavenly body; path of protons or electrons circling the nucleus of an atom; usual course of activity; orb

v. rotate around a heavenly body on a set course (Astronomy); put into rotation around a heavenly body (Space Technology); follow a repeating course

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ORBit

ORBit is a CORBA 2.4 compliant Object Request Broker (ORB). It features mature C, C++ and Python bindings, and less developed bindings for Perl, Lisp, Pascal, Ruby, and Tcl. Most of the code is distributed under the LGPL license, although the IDL compiler and utilities use the GPL.

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Orbit

In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of an object about a point in space, for example the orbit of a planet about a star. Orbits of planets are typically elliptical, and the central mass being orbited is at a focal point of the ellipse.

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Noun
1. the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
(synonym) celestial orbit
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(hyponym) geosynchronous orbit
(part-meronym) apoapsis, point of apoapsis
(derivation) revolve
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"
(synonym) sphere, domain, area, field, arena
(hypernym) environment
(hyponym) distaff
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"
(synonym) scope, range, reach, compass, ambit
(hypernym) extent
(hyponym) approximate range, ballpark
4. the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
(synonym) electron orbit
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(derivation) revolve
5. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
(synonym) eye socket, cranial orbit, orbital cavity
(hypernym) cavity, bodily cavity, cavum
(part-holonym) skull
(part-meronym) lacrimal bone

Verb
1. move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
(synonym) revolve
(hypernym) circle, circulate
(hyponym) retrograde
(derivation) electron orbit

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orbit

n. oběžná dráha

v. obíhat

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orbit

Rzecz. orbita (to put a satellite into orbit - umieścić satelitę na orbicie)

Czas. krążyć po orbicie