orbit

Definitions

• A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object, particularly in astronomy and space travel.
• A sphere of influence; an area of control.
• The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
• (anatomy) The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
• (physics) A mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom; area of the highest probability of electron´s occurrence around the atom's nucleus.
• (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
• (geometry) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
• (informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
• (pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.