or·bit/ˈɔrbɪt/ Show Spelled [awr-bit] Show IPA noun 1. the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun. 2. the usual course of ones life or range of ones activities. 3. the sphere of power or influence, as of a nation or person: a small nation in the Russian orbit. 4. Physics. (in Bohr theory) the path traced by an electron revolving around the nucleus of an atom. 5. an orb or sphere.
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