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orbit

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"Path around a planet"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɔː.bɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted biortStarts with OEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Curved path of one body around another in space.

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”).

Used in a sentence

  • “The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.”
  • “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.”

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