Orbital vs. Orbit

Orbitaladjective

Of or relating to an orbit.

Orbitaladjective

(anatomy) Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).

Orbitalnoun

(physics) A specification of the energy and probability density of an electron at any point in an atom or molecule.

Orbitalnoun

An orbital motorway.

Orbitaladjective

Of or pertaining to an orbit.

Orbitaladjective

of or relating to an orbit;

Orbitaladjective

of or relating to the eye socket;

Orbitaladjective

relating to an orbit or orbits.

Orbitaladjective

(of a road) passing round the outside of a town.

Orbitalnoun

an orbital road.

Orbitalnoun

each of the actual or potential patterns of electron density which may be formed in an atom or molecule by one or more electrons, and can be represented as a wave function.

Orbitnoun

A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object, particularly in astronomy and space travel.

Orbitnoun

A sphere of influence; an area of control.

Orbitnoun

The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.

Orbitnoun

(anatomy) The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.

Orbitnoun

(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.

Orbitnoun

(mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.

Orbitnoun

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.

Orbitnoun

(informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.

Orbitverb

To circle or revolve around another object.

Orbitverb

To move around the general vicinity of something.

Orbitverb

To place an object into an orbit around a planet.

Orbitnoun

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.

Orbitnoun

An orb or ball.

Orbitnoun

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

Orbitnoun

The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.

Orbitnoun

the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another;

Orbitnoun

a particular environment or walk of life;

Orbitnoun

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

Orbitnoun

the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

Orbitnoun

the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

Orbitverb

move in an orbit;

Orbitnoun

the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution

Orbitnoun

one complete circuit round an orbited body

Orbitnoun

the state of moving in an orbit

Orbitnoun

the path of an electron round an atomic nucleus.

Orbitnoun

an area of activity, interest, or influence

Orbitnoun

the cavity in the skull of a vertebrate that contains the eye; the eye socket.

Orbitnoun

the area round the eye of a bird or other animal.

Orbitverb

(of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit round (a star or planet)

Orbitverb

move in a circle

Orbitverb

put (a satellite) into orbit

Orbit

In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved trajectory of an object, such as the trajectory of a planet around a star or a natural satellite around a planet. Normally, orbit refers to a regularly repeating trajectory, although it may also refer to a non-repeating trajectory.