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orbit
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1 orbit
The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another:
— He plotted the orbit of the moon.
synoniem: celestial orbit.
Roget 363:
interment,
burial,
sepulture†;
inhumation†;
obsequies,
exequies†;
funeral,
wake,
pyre,
funeral pile;
cremation.
funeral,
funeral rite,
funeral solemnity;
kneel,
passing bell,
tolling;
dirge
etc.
(lamentation)
839;
cypress;
orbit,
dead march,
muffled drum;
mortuary,
undertaker,
mute;
elegy;
funeral,
funeral oration,
funeral sermon;
epitaph.
graveclothes†,
shroud,
winding sheet,
cerecloth;
cerement.
coffin,
shell,
sarcophagus,
urn,
pall,
bier,
hearse,
catafalque,
cinerary urn†.
grave,
pit,
sepulcher,
tomb,
vault,
crypt,
catacomb,
mausoleum,
Golgotha,
house of death,
narrow house;
cemetery,
necropolis;
burial place,
burial ground;
grave yard,
church yard;
God's acre;
tope,
cromlech,
barrow,
tumulus,
cairn;
ossuary;
bone house,
charnel house,
dead house;
morgue;
lich gate†;
burning ghat†;
crematorium,
crematory;
dokhma†,
mastaba†,
potter's field,
stupa†,
Tower of Silence.
sexton,
gravedigger.
monument,
cenotaph,
shrine;
grave stone,
head stone,
tomb stone;
memento mori [Lat.];
hatchment†,
stone;
obelisk,
pyramid.
exhumation,
disinterment;
necropsy,
autopsy,
post mortem examination [Lat.];
zoothapsis†.
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Roget 627:
method,
way,
manner,
wise,
gait,
form,
mode,
fashion,
tone,
guise;
modus operandi,
MO;
procedure
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
path,
road,
route,
course;
line of way,
line of road;
trajectory,
orbit,
track,
beat,
tack.
steps;
stair,
staircase;
flight of stairs,
ladder,
stile;
perron†.
bridge,
footbridge,
viaduct,
pontoon,
steppingstone,
plank,
gangway;
drawbridge;
pass,
ford,
ferry,
tunnel;
pipe
etc.
260.
door;
gateway
etc.
(opening)
260;
channel,
passage,
avenue,
means of access,
approach,
adit†;
artery,
lane,
loan [Scot.],
alley,
aisle,
lobby,
corridor;
back-door,
back-stairs;
secret passage;
covert way;
vennel†.
roadway,
pathway,
stairway;
express;
thoroughfare;
highway;
turnpike,
freeway,
royal road,
coach road;
broad highway,
King's highway,
Queen's highway;
beaten track,
beaten path;
horse road,
bridle road,
bridle track,
bridle path;
walk,
trottoir†,
footpath,
pavement,
flags,
sidewalk;
crossroad,
byroad,
bypath,
byway;
cut;
short cut
etc.
(mid-course)
628;
carrefour†;
private road,
occupation road;
highways and byways;
railroad,
railway,
tram road,
tramway;
towpath;
causeway;
canal
etc.
(conduit)
350;
street
etc.
(abode)
189;
speedway.
adv..
how;
in what way,
in what manner;
by what mode;
so,
in this way,
after this fashion.
one way or another,
anyhow;
somehow or other
etc.
(instrumentality)
631;
by way of;
via;
in transitu [Lat.]
etc.
270;
on the high road to.
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Nederlands: baan, omloopsbaan, omloop
Pools: orbita
2 orbit
A particular environment or walk of life:
— He's out of my orbit.
synoniemen: area, arena, domain, field, sphere.
Roget 247:
circularity,
roundness;
rotundity
etc.
249.
circle,
circlet,
ring,
areola,
hoop,
roundlet†,
annulus,
annulet†,
bracelet,
armlet;
ringlet;
eye,
loop,
wheel;
cycle,
orb,
orbit,
rundle,
zone,
belt,
cordon,
band;
contrate wheel†,
crown wheel;
hub;
nave;
sash,
girdle,
cestus†,
cincture,
baldric,
fillet,
fascia,
wreath,
garland;
crown,
corona,
coronet,
chaplet,
snood,
necklace,
collar;
noose,
lasso,
lassoo†.
ellipse,
oval,
ovule;
ellipsoid,
cycloid;
epicycloid [Geom.],
epicycle;
semicircle;
quadrant,
sextant,
sector.
sphere
etc.
249.
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Roget 318:
world,
creation,
nature,
universe;
earth,
globe,
wide world;
cosmos;
kosmos†;
terraqueous globe†,
sphere;
macrocosm,
megacosm†;
music of the spheres.
heavens,
sky,
welkin†,
empyrean;
starry cope,
starry heaven,
starry host;
firmament;
Midgard;
supersensible regions†;
varuna;
vault of heaven,
canopy of heaven;
celestial spaces.
heavenly bodies,
stars,
asteroids;
nebulae;
galaxy,
milky way,
galactic circle,
via lactea [Lat.],
ame no kawa [Jap.].
sun,
orb of day,
Apollo†,
Phoebus;
photosphere,
chromosphere;
solar system;
planet,
planetoid;
comet;
satellite,
moon,
orb of night,
Diana,
silver-footed queen;
aerolite†,
meteor;
planetary ring;
falling star,
shooting star;
meteorite,
uranolite†.
constellation,
zodiac,
signs of the zodiac,
Charles's wain,
Big Dipper,
Little Dipper,
Great Bear,
Southern Cross,
Orion's belt,
Cassiopea's chair,
Pleiades.
colures†,
equator,
ecliptic,
orbit.
[Science of heavenly bodies]
astronomy;
uranography,
uranology†;
cosmology,
cosmography†,
cosmogony;
eidouranion†,
orrery;
geodesy
etc.
(measurement)
466;
star gazing,
star gazer†;
astronomer;
observatory;
planetarium.
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Nederlands: vlak, sfeer, domein, terrein, gebied, veld
3 orbit
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control::
— In the political orbit of a world power.
synoniemen: ambit, compass, range, reach, scope.
Nederlands: omvang, domein, invloedssfeer, bereik, draagwijdte, raam, reikwijdte, scope
Pools: zakres
4 orbit
The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom.
synoniem: electron orbit.
5 orbit
werkwoord
1 orbit
Move in an orbit:
— The moon orbits around the Earth.
— The planets are orbiting the sun.
— Electrons orbit the nucleus.
synoniemen: orb, revolve.
Roget 206:
be high
etc.
adj.;
tower,
soar,
command;
hover,
hover over,
fly over;
orbit,
be in orbit;
cap,
culminate;
overhang,
hang over,
impend,
beetle,
bestride,
ride,
mount;
perch,
surmount;
cover
etc.
223;
overtop
etc.
(be superior)
33;
stand on tiptoe.
become high
etc.
adj.;
grow higher,
grow taller;
upgrow†;
rise
etc.
(ascend)
305;
send into orbit.
render high
etc.
adj.;
heighten
etc.
(elevate)
307.
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Roget 267:
sail;
put to sea
etc.
(depart)
293;
take ship,
get under way;
set sail,
spread sail,
spread canvas;
gather way,
have way on;
make sail,
carry sail;
plow the waves,
plow the deep,
plow the main,
plow the ocean;
walk the waters.
navigate,
warp,
luff†,
scud,
boom,
kedge;
drift,
course,
cruise,
coast;
hug the shore,
hug the land;
circumnavigate.
ply the oar,
row,
paddle,
pull,
scull,
punt,
steam.
swim,
float;
buffet the waves,
ride the storm,
skim,
effleurer [Fr.],
dive,
wade.
fly,
be wafted,
hover,
soar,
flutter,
jet,
orbit,
rocket;
take wing,
take a flight,
take off,
ascend,
blast off,
land,
alight;
wing one's flight,
wing one's way;
aviate;
parachute,
jump,
glide.
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