orbit

1. The curved path of one object around a point or another body.

   (countable, uncountable)An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

   the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another

2. An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

   (countable, uncountable)One complete circuit round an orbited body.

   The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.

3. The curved path of one object around a point or another body.

   (uncountable)The state of moving in an orbit.

4. (countable, uncountable)The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.

   the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

5. (countable, uncountable)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.

6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)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.

   The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.

   орби́таorbíta

   an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

7. (countable, uncountable)The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.

   the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

8. The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.

   (countable, uncountable)The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.

9. (countable, uncountable)A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.

10. (countable, uncountable)The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.

11. (countable, uncountable)The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.

    All right, I'll play one more orbit but then I'm leaving!

12. (countable, informal, uncountable)A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.

    Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car.

1. The satellite is in orbit around the moon.

   Супутник знаходиться на навколомісячній орбіті.

   ruСпутник находится на окололунной орбите.

   deDer Satellit ist in einer Umlaufbahn um den Mond.

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2. The satellite is now in orbit.

   ruСпутник сейчас на орбите.

   deDer Satellit befindet sich jetzt in seiner Umlaufbahn.

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3. The moon orbits the earth.

   ruЛуна вращается вокруг Земли.

   deDer Mond umkreist die Erde.

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4. The earth orbits the sun.

   deDie Erde dreht sich um die Sonne.

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5. A large number of satellites orbit Earth.

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