Definition of orbit

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Orbit (n.) 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..

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Exorbitance :: Exorbitance (n.) Alt. of Exorbitanc.
Orbit :: Orbit (n.) An orb or ball.
Suborder :: Suborbitar (a.) Situated under or below the orbit.
Absorbition :: Absorbition (n.) Absorption.
Node :: Node (n.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary..
Orbituary :: Orbituary (a.) Orbital.
Orbital :: Orbital (a.) Of or pertaining to an orbit.
Usurer :: Usurer (n.) One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money.
Brontotherium :: Brontotherium (n.) A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix..
Suborbitar :: Suborbital (a.) Alt. of Suborbita.
Aberration :: Aberration (n.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet re
Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural..
Periastron :: Periastron (n.) That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) An orbit, as of a star; a socket..
Perigeum :: Perigeum (n.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum..
Orbitude :: Orbitude (n.) Alt. of Orbit.
Orbit :: Orbit (n.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
Interorbital :: Interorbital (a.) Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum..
Dear :: Dear (superl.) Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year..
Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
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