orbits
orbits is the plural of orbit.
orbits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of orbit.
Meaning of orbit
Noun
orbit (countable and uncountable, plural orbits)
- An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- One complete circuit round an orbited body.
- The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.
- The state of moving in an orbit.
- The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
- 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.
- A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
- In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.
Phrases with orbits
- P/2 orbits
- Bohr orbits
- halo orbits
- lunar orbits
- banana orbits
- Clarke orbits
- cranial orbits
- Hohmann orbits
- Molniya orbits
- parking orbits
- Lyapunov orbits
- graveyard orbits
14 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Lissajous orbits
- low Earth orbits
- high Earth orbits
- osculating orbits
- last photon orbits
- rectilinear orbits
- synchronous orbits
- medium Earth orbits
- subsynchronous orbits
- sun-synchronous orbits
- heliosynchronous orbits
- Hohmann transfer orbits
- near-rectilinear halo orbits
- innermost stable circular orbits
Questions about orbits
- What is orbits the plural of?
- Orbits is the plural of orbit.
Words near orbits in the dictionary
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