Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To circle or revolve around another object or position. · To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet. · To move around the general vicinity of something. · To move in a circle.
An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution. · One complete circuit round an orbited body. · The state of moving in an orbit. · The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-der. Latin orbitabor. Middle English orbita Middle English orbite English orbit Inherited from Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”).
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