ORBIT
What does "ORBIT" mean?
The curved path of one body around another under gravity.
Meanings
- The regular, usually elliptical path of a celestial body or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon. The probe settled into a stable orbit around Jupiter.
- The bony socket in the skull that holds the eyeball. The blow fractured the floor of his left orbit. technical
- A sphere of influence or range of activity. Once she joined the firm, she fell into the senior partner's orbit. figurative
- To move in a curved path around something, or to revolve around it. Two moons orbit the dwarf planet.
Did you know?
- The International Space Station laps the entire Earth about every 90 minutes, so its crew sees roughly 16 sunrises and sunsets in a single day.
Word origin
From Latin 'orbita', a wheel track or course, from 'orbis', a ring or circle; the eye-socket sense came first in English, the astronomical sense later.
Remember it
ORBIT = O is the round path, the rest is the 'bit' that loops around it.
A little poem
Falling forever-
the moon misses the wide Earth
and so it stays close.
haiku
What it teaches
An orbit is falling that never lands; some loyalties hold by missing each other just so.
Quick facts
What does ORBIT mean?
The curved path of one body around another under gravity.
Is ORBIT a valid word?
Yes — ORBIT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ORBIT?
ORBIT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ORBIT come from?
From Latin 'orbita', a wheel track or course, from 'orbis', a ring or circle; the eye-socket sense came first in English, the astronomical sense later.
What can ORBIT teach us?
An orbit is falling that never lands; some loyalties hold by missing each other just so.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.