Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - orbit
Orbit
orbit
n. & v. --n. 1 a the curved, usu. closed course of a planet, satellite, etc. b (prec. by in, into, out of, etc.) the state of motion in an orbit. c one complete passage around an orbited body. 2 the path of an electron round an atomic nucleus. 3 a range or sphere of action. 4 a the eye socket. b the area around the eye of a bird or insect. --v. (orbited, orbiting) 1 intr. a (of a satellite etc.) go round in orbit. b fly in a circle. 2 tr. move in orbit round. 3 tr. put into orbit. Derivatives orbiter n. Etymology: L orbita course, track (in med.L eye-cavity): fem. of orbitus circular f. orbis ring
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin ~a, from Latin, rut, track, probably from orbis Date: 15th century the bony socket of the eye, ~al adjective II. noun Etymology: Latin ~a path, rut, ~ Date: 1696 1. a path described by one body in its revolution about another (as by the earth about the sun or by an electron about an atomic nucleus), a circular path, a range or sphere of activity or influence , see: range ~al adjective III. verb Date: 1943 transitive verb to revolve in an ~ around ; circle, to send up and make revolve in an ~ , intransitive verb to travel in circles ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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