orbit

En español: órbita

1. An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution. (countable, uncountable)
2. One complete circuit round an orbited body. (countable, uncountable) · The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.
3. The state of moving in an orbit. (uncountable)
4. The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus. (countable, uncountable)
5. A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other. (countable, uncountable)
6. A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.· The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.
7. The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball. (countable, uncountable)
8. The area around the eye of a bird or other animal. (countable, uncountable)

Plural orbits