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▸ noun: (astronomy) An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
▸ noun: One complete circuit round an orbited body.
▸ noun: (uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.
▸ noun: (physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
▸ noun: (pinball) 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.
▸ noun: A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
▸ noun: (anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
▸ noun: (zoology) The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
▸ noun: (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
▸ noun: (geometry, group theory) 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.
▸ noun: (poker, Texas hold 'em) The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.
▸ noun: (informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
▸ verb: (astronomy) To circle or revolve around another object or position.
▸ verb: To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
▸ verb: To move around the general vicinity of something.
▸ verb: To move in a circle.
▸ verb: (transitive) To center (around).
▸ verb: (transitive, dating) To continue to follow and/or engage with someone via social media after breaking up with them.
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Types:
geostationary,
elliptical,
polar,
synchronous,
low Earth,
medium Earth,
high Earth,
escape,
hyperbolic,
more...
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Adjectives:
circular,
elliptical,
low,
lunar,
geostationary,
periodic,
soviet,
elliptic,
synchronous,
polar,
right
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