orbit

  1. Noun.  A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.
  2. Noun.  A sphere of influence; an area of control.
  3. Noun.  The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
  4. Noun.  (anatomy) The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
  5. Noun.  (physics) The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus.
  6. Noun.  (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
  7. Verb.  To circle or revolve around another object.
  8. Verb.  To move around the general vicinity of something.
  9. Verb.  To place an object into an orbit around a planet.

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