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orbit

nounverb /ɔrbɪt/ 2 syllables 5 letters Scrabble 7 WWF 8
Definitions
noun

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

“he plotted the orbit of the moon”

noun

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

“in the political orbit of a world power”

noun

a particular environment or walk of life

“he's out of my orbit”

verb

move in an orbit

“The moon orbits around the Earth”

noun

the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

noun

the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

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