orbits

• arcs
• ascents
• circles
• circuits
• circumambulates
• circumnavigates
• circumvents
• compasses
• courses
• crosses
• descents
• encircles
• flight paths
• girdles
• lines
• loops
• paths
• pathways
• perambulates
• rings
• rounds
• routes
• routeways
• steps
• tracks
• trajectories
• traverses
• ways

• noun
  1. A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object, particularly in astronomy and space travel.
  2. A sphere of influence; an area of control.
  3. The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
  4. The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
  5. 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.
  6. A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
  7. 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.
  8. A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
  9. 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.
• verb
  1. To circle or revolve around another object.
  2. To move around the general vicinity of something.
  3. To place an object into an orbit around a planet.

• The planet orbits the star once every 365 days.
• She explained how the moon orbits Earth due to gravity.
• The simulation shows how each satellite orbits at a different altitude.
• That spacecraft orbits in a geostationary path.
• The student illustrated the way Mars orbits the Sun.

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ways

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