- pronunciation:
- or
biht
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
An orbit is one complete trip around a body in space, like the trip that the earth makes around the sun.
The earth makes one orbit around the sun each year.- synonyms:
- revolution
- similar words:
- circuit
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| definition 2: |
An orbit is the curved path that something, like a moon or planet, moves along as it goes around another body in space.
Earth's orbit around the sun is not a circle. It is more like the outline of an egg.- similar words:
- circuit, course, path, revolution
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| related words: |
world, year |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
orbits, orbiting, orbited |
| definition: |
When one thing in space orbits another, it goes around it in a circle, or something like a circle. Our moon orbits the earth. Earth orbits the sun.
All of the planets in our solar system orbit the sun.
- synonyms:
- revolve about
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| related words: |
ring |
| derivation: |
orbital (adj.) |
Orbit comes from an early French word that means "the track of a wheel."
The word orbit
contains the following part:
orb
Latin
root
that means
wheel, circle
Example words: