orbit Synonyms
Another word for orbit
• noun (Context 1)
The curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spacecraft, or other celestial body around a star, planet, or center of mass.
"The communications satellite was successfully launched into a geostationary trajectory above the equator."
• verb (Context 2)
To move or travel in a curved, repeating path around a central celestial body, planet, or point.
"It takes approximately 365 days for the Earth to circle the Sun."
• noun (Context 3)
An area or sphere of activity, interest, power, or influence.
"Several smaller regional companies gradually fell within the economic sphere of the multinational corporation."
• noun (Context 4)
The bony cavity or socket in the vertebrate skull that houses and protects the eyeball and its associated muscles, nerves, and blood vessels.
"The radiologist examined the scan carefully to check for any fracture of the left eye socket."