An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
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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