orbit

  • 41orbit — See: GO INTO ORBIT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 42Orbit — In medicine, the orbit is the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits. * * * The bony cavity containing the eyeball and its adnexa; it is formed of parts of seven bones: the frontal, maxillary, sphenoid, lacrimal, zygomatic, ethmoid, and palatine… …

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  • 43orbit — Synonyms and related words: Earth insertion, LEM, LM, O, air lane, ambit, annular muscle, annulus, aphelion, apogee, area, arena, areola, astronomical longitude, attitude control rocket, aureole, autumnal equinox, bailiwick, ball, ballistic… …

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  • 44Orbit — Or|bit der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. orbit, dies aus lat. orbita »Fahrgeleise; Bahn, Kreislauf«, vgl. ↑Orbis> elliptische Umlaufbahn (eines Satelliten, einer Rakete) um die Erde od. um einen anderen Himmelskörper …

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  • 45orbit — See: go into orbit …

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  • 46orbit — [ˈɔːbɪt] noun [C] I the path that is taken by an object that is moving around a larger object in space II verb [I/T] orbit [ˈɔːbɪt] to move around a large object in space such as a planet …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 47orbit — /ˈɔbət / (say awbuht) noun 1. the elliptical or curved path described by a celestial object or spacecraft, about a star or planet. 2. one complete circuit of an orbital path. 3. the path that one object takes in relation to a fixed point. 4. a… …

  • 48orbit — orbita statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. orbit vok. Bahn, f rus. орбита, f pranc. orbite, f …

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  • 49Orbit (anthology series) — Orbit was a long running series of anthologies of new fiction edited by Damon Knight, often featuring work by such writers as Gene Wolfe, Joanna Russ, R. A. Lafferty, and Kate Wilhelm, who was married to Knight. The anthologies tended toward the… …

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  • 50Orbit (anatomy) — The seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. yellow = Frontal bone green = Lacrimal bone brown = Ethmoid bone blue = Zygomatic bone purple = Maxillary bone aqua = Palatine bone red …

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