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orbit

('/O/rb/I/t )

the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another(noun.location)

Example:
He plotted the orbit of the moon.

Synonym:
celestial orbit

source: wordnet30
a particular environment or walk of life(noun.state)

Example:
He's out of my orbit.

Synonym:
area, arena, domain, field, sphere

source: wordnet30
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:(noun.attribute)

Example:
In the political orbit of a world power.

Synonym:
ambit, compass, range, reach, scope

source: wordnet30
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom(noun.location)

Synonym:
electron orbit

source: wordnet30
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball(noun.body)

Synonym:
cranial orbit, eye socket, orbital cavity

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

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