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Axis and Orbit Definitions

Axis

A straight line about which a body or geometric object rotates or may be conceived to rotate.

Orbit

The path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body due to their mutual gravitational attraction.

Axis

An unlimited line, half-line, or line segment serving to orient a space or a geometric object, especially a line about which the object is symmetric.

Orbit

One complete revolution of such a body.

Axis

A reference line from which distances or angles are measured in a coordinate system.

Orbit

The path of a body in a field of force surrounding another body; for example, the movement of an atomic electron in relation to a nucleus.
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Axis

A center line to which parts of a structure or body may be referred.

Orbit

A range of activity, experience, or knowledge.

Axis

An imaginary line to which elements of a work of art, such as a picture, are referred for measurement or symmetry.

Orbit

A range of control or influence
"What magnetism drew these quaking ruined creatures into his orbit?" (Malcolm Lowry).

Axis

The second cervical vertebra on which the head turns.

Orbit

Either of two bony cavities in the skull containing an eye and its external structures. Also called eye socket.
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Axis

Any of various central structures, such as the spinal column, or standard abstract lines used as a positional referent.

Orbit

To move in an orbit.

Axis

(Botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged.

Orbit

To revolve around (a center of attraction)
The moon orbits Earth.

Axis

One of three mutually perpendicular lines that define the orientation of an aircraft, with one being along its direction of travel and the other two being perpendicular to the direction of travel.

Orbit

To put into an orbit
The space agency orbited a new satellite.
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Axis

A line through the optical center of a lens that is perpendicular to both its surfaces.

Orbit

(astronomy) A circular or elliptical path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, moon, or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

Axis

One of three or four imaginary lines used to define the faces of a crystal and the position of its atoms.

Orbit

One complete circuit round an orbited body.
The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.

Axis

An alliance of powers, such as nations, to promote mutual interests and policies.

Orbit

(uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.

Axis

Axis The alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II.

Orbit

(physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.

Axis

(geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
The Earth rotates once a day on its axis

Orbit

(pinball) 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.

Axis

(mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)

Orbit

A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
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.

Axis

(skeleton) The second cervical vertebra of the spine

Orbit

(anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.

Axis

(anatomy) An imaginary, visualized plane separating two morphologically similar parts of an organism

Orbit

(zoology) The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.

Axis

(psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

Orbit

(mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system. Category:en:Curves

Axis

(botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged

Orbit

The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.

Axis

(military) An alliance or coalition.

Orbit

(informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car.

Axis

A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.

Orbit

(astronomy) To circle or revolve around another object or position.
The Earth orbits the Sun.
The satellite orbits the Lagrange point.

Axis

The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

Orbit

To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
A rocket was used to orbit the satellite.

Axis

A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged.

Orbit

To move around the general vicinity of something.
The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, begging for sweets.

Axis

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center.

Orbit

To move in a circle.

Axis

The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body.

Orbit

(transitive) To center (around).

Axis

The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.

Orbit

To continue to follow and/or engage with someone via social media after breaking up with them.

Axis

One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded.

Orbit

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.

Axis

The primary or secondary central line of any design.

Orbit

An orb or ball.
Roll the lucid orbit of an eye.

Axis

A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions

Orbit

The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.

Axis

The center around which something rotates

Orbit

The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.

Axis

The main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged

Orbit

The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another;
He plotted the orbit of the moon

Axis

In World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations;
The Axis opposed the Allies in World War II

Orbit

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

Axis

A group of countries in special alliance

Orbit

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

Axis

The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head

Orbit

The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

Orbit

The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

Orbit

Move in an orbit;
The moon orbits around the Earth
The planets are orbiting the sun
Electrons orbit the nucleus

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