Image:Kepler2.gif|thumb|right|Diagram of a planet's orbit, illustrating Kepler's second law.
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Etymology
Latin orbita �course, track�.

Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.

#: The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.

1. A sphere of influence; an area of control.

#: In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.

1. The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.

#: The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.

1. anatomy The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
2. physics The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus
3. mathematics A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.

Translations
trans-top|path of one object around another
Arabic: Arab|�دار IPAchar|(mad�r) m
Chinese: 轨� (gu�dào)
Czech: ob�žná dráha f
Dutch: baan f
Finnish: kiertorata
French: orbite f
German: Umlaufbahn f, Orbit m
Hungarian: űrpálya
Italian: orbita f
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Japanese: �� (���, kid�)
Korean: 궤� (gwedo)
Malayalam: ഭ�രമണപഥ� (bhramaNa patham)
Portuguese: órbita f
Russian: о�би�а (orbíta) f
Serbian: kružnica f
Slovene: krožnica f
Spanish: órbita f
Swedish: omloppsbana c
Turkish: yörünge
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trans-top|sphere of influence
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trans-top|course of usual progression
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eye socket
See eye socket.

Verb
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1. To circle or revolve around another object.

#: The Earth orbits the Sun.

1. To move around the general vicinity of something.

#: The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, asking for sweets.

Synonyms
(move around the general vicinity of): circumambulate, tag along

Translations
trans-top|circle another object
Dutch: omcirkelen, omlopen
Finnish: kiertää
French: orbiter
German: umkreisen
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Japanese: ���� (�������, shūkaisuru), �転�� (������, k�tensuru)
Malayalam: ഭ�രമണ� ��യ�യ�� (bhramaNam cheyyuka)
Portuguese: orbitar
Sindhi: ��دار� (Madaaru) m
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trans-top|move around the general vicinity of
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Derived terms
orbital

See also
satellite

Category:Astronomy

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