Meaning & Definition of Orbit in English

1. The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another

• "He plotted the orbit of the moon"

2. 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"

3. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

• "A piano has a greater range than the human voice"

• "The ambit of municipal legislation"

• "Within the compass of this article"

• "Within the scope of an investigation"

• "Outside the reach of the law"

• "In the political orbit of a world power"

4. The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

5. The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

1. Move in an orbit

• "The moon orbits around the earth"

• "The planets are orbiting the sun"

• "Electrons orbit the nucleus"