n. the path described by one body in its revolution about another

n. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

n. (rotation)

n. 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"

n. 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 the political orbit of a world power"

v. move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"

n. the path followed by an object moving through space

n. free movement or passage through a series of vessels (as of water through pipes or sap through a plant)

n. a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain"

n. territory ruled by a prince

n. 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 the political orbit of a world power"

n. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

n. territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"

n. a country with a king as head of state

n. dependent state, part of a nation

n. range of jurisdiction or influence; "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system"

n. the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own

n. dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"

n. a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

n. the property possessed by a large mass

n. the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"

n. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

n. the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"

n. 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"

n. greatness of magnitude

n. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"

n. the extent of something from side to side

v. travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"

v. move around in a circular motion; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"