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the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon" the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in t a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he''s out of my orbit" |
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