Axis vs. Orbit

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

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

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.

One complete revolution of such a body.

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

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.

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

A range of activity, experience, or knowledge.

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

A range of control or influence

The second cervical vertebra on which the head turns.

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

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

To move in an orbit.

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

To revolve around (a center of attraction)

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.

To put into an orbit

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

(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.

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

One complete circuit round an orbited body.

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

(uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.

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

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

(geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).

(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.

(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)

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

(skeleton) The second cervical vertebra of the spine

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

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

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

(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)

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

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

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.

(military) An alliance or coalition.

(informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.

A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.

(astronomy) To circle or revolve around another object or position.

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

To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.

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.

To move around the general vicinity of something.

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.

To move in a circle.

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

(transitive) To center (around).

The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.

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

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

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.

The primary or secondary central line of any design.

An orb or ball.

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

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

The center around which something rotates

The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.

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

The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another;

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

A particular environment or walk of life;

A group of countries in special alliance

An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

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

The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

Move in an orbit;