Definition of orbit

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Orbit (n.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.

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Exorbitancy :: Exorbitancy (n.) A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands..
Exorbitantly :: Exorbitantly (adv.) In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously..
Trajectory :: Trajectory (n.) The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air..
Shave :: Shave (v. t.) An exorbitant discount on a note.
Frons :: Frons (n.) The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion..
Radius Vector :: Radius vector (n.) An ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its satellite..
Apsidal :: Apsidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.
Orb :: Orb (n.) A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit..
Infraorbital :: Infraorbital (a.) Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital nerve..
Orbituary :: Orbituary (a.) Orbital.
Aphelion :: Aphelion (n.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion..
Arrogant :: Arrogant (a.) Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons..
Postorbital :: Postorbital (a.) Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles..
Absorbition :: Absorbition (n.) Absorption.
Trigeminal :: Trigeminal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial..
Sun :: Sun (n.) The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000..
Yacare :: Yacare (n.) A South American crocodilian (Jacare sclerops) resembling the alligator in size and habits. The eye orbits are connected together, and surrounded by prominent bony ridges. Called also spectacled alligator, and spectacled cayman..
Anomaly :: Anomaly (n.) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform..
Circuit :: Circuit (n.) The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun..
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