orbiting (Meaning)
orbiting
one complete revolution of a body describing such a path, to send up and make revolve in an orbit, to send up so as to move in an orbit, a path described by one body in its revolution about another (as by the earth about the sun or by an electron about an atomic nucleus), one of the bone-lined cavities for the eyes in the vertebrate skull, the path taken by one body circling around another body, to move in an orbit around, to revolve in an orbit around, the bony cavity perforated for the passage of nerves and blood vessels that occupies the lateral front of the skull immediately beneath the frontal bone on each side and encloses and protects the eye and its appendages, to travel in circles, a circular path, a range or sphere of activity or influence, the bony socket of the eye, one complete circle that makes up such a path
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orbiting Sentence Examples
- The Earth orbits the Sun in an elliptical path.
- Jupiter's four largest moons orbit the planet in a tight plane.
- The International Space Station orbits Earth at an altitude of approximately 400 kilometers.
- The Voyagers have been orbiting the Sun for over 40 years.
- The Hubble Space Telescope orbits Earth at a distance of about 547 kilometers.
- The dwarf planet Pluto orbits the Sun in a highly eccentric orbit.
- The planet Mars has two tiny moons orbiting it.
- The asteroid belt is a region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
- The Oort Cloud is a hypothetical swarm of icy objects orbiting the Sun at a distance of up to one light-year.
- The Milky Way galaxy is composed of billions of stars orbiting a central supermassive black hole.
FAQs About the word orbiting
one complete revolution of a body describing such a path, to send up and make revolve in an orbit, to send up so as to move in an orbit, a path described by one
circling, encircling, traversing, circumventing, ringing, rounding, circuiting,crossing, circumnavigating, circumambulating
No antonyms found.
The Earth orbits the Sun in an elliptical path.
Jupiter's four largest moons orbit the planet in a tight plane.
The International Space Station orbits Earth at an altitude of approximately 400 kilometers.
The Voyagers have been orbiting the Sun for over 40 years.
