ORBITING

Verb

orbiting

present participle of orbit

Source: Wiktionary


ORBIT

Or"bit, n. Etym: [L. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel, course, circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d Orb.]

1. (Astron.)

Definition: The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

2. An orb or ball. [Rare & Improper] Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. Young.

3. (Anat.)

Definition: The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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