Category:Orbit

Or"bit, n. Etym: [l. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel, course, Circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d orb.]

1. (astron.)

Defn: 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.

2. An orb or ball. [rare & improper] Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. Young.

3. (anat.)

Defn: the cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its Appendages are situated.

4. (zoöl.)

Defn: the skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.