orbit

/ˈɔː(ɹ)bɪt/

• phonetics
• /ˈɔː(ɹ)bɪt/ 

• noun
• A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object, particularly in astronomy and space travel.
  The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.
• A sphere of influence; an area of control.
  In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.
• The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
  The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.
• The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
• A mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom; area of the highest probability of electron´s occurrence around the atom's nucleus.
• A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
• The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
• A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
  Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car.
• A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.

• verb
• To circle or revolve around another object.
  The Earth orbits the Sun.
• To move around the general vicinity of something.
  The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, begging for sweets.
• To place an object into an orbit around a planet.
  A rocket was used to orbit the satellite.
• 同義詞 : circumambulate; tag along; launch;
• 反義詞 : deorbit;