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