English Dictionary

orbit

/ˈɔː.bɪt/

noun

One complete circuit round an orbited body. / (uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit. / (physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.

The satellite completed one orbit around the Earth.

意味（1）

One complete circuit round an orbited body.

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

意味（2）

(uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.

意味（3）

(physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.

意味（4）

(pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.

意味（5）

A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.

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

意味（6）

(anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.

意味（7）

(zoology) The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.

意味（8）

(mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.

意味（9）

(geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.

意味（10）

(informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.

Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car.