If something such as a satellite orbits a planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path. In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the earth. = circle. to travel in a curved path around a much larger object such as the Earth, the sun etc
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus
The bony socket in which the eye resides It is shaped like a pyramid that is lying on its side with the tip pointing backwards and inwards towards the centre of the brain The orbit is described as having a roof, floor, apex, inner (medial) and outer (lateral) wall
{i} course of planets or satellites around another heavenly body; path of protons or electrons circling the nucleus of an atom; usual course of activity; orb
a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
The path of an object around another object, e g , planets moving around the Sun