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orbiting
We have found lemma(root) word of orbiting : orbit.
Definitions
[ˈɔːbɪt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution
(e.g: the Earth's orbit around the sun)
- an area of activity, interest, or influence
(e.g: audiences drawn largely from outside the Party orbit)
- the cavity in the skull of a vertebrate that contains the eye; the eye socket
Phrases:
- into orbit
Origin
:
late Middle English (in orbit): partly via French from Latin orbita ‘course, track’ (in medieval Latin ‘eye socket’), feminine of orbitus ‘circular’, from orbis ‘circle, sphere’
[ˈɔːbɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit round (a star or planet)
(e.g: Mercury orbits the Sun)
Phrases:
- into orbit
Origin
:
late Middle English (in orbit): partly via French from Latin orbita ‘course, track’ (in medieval Latin ‘eye socket’), feminine of orbitus ‘circular’, from orbis ‘circle, sphere’
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