English Dictionary

orbit

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɔː.bɪt/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 くだけた表現

One complete circuit round an orbited body. / (uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit. / (physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.

日本語の意味

軌道：天体や惑星が周回する経路 / 軌道運動：天体などが軌道に沿って動く状態 / 電子軌道：原子内で電子が存在する確率分布としての軌道

The satellite completed one orbit around the planet before sending the data back to Earth.

その人工衛星はデータを地球に送信する前に、惑星を一周公転した。

意味（1）

One complete circuit round an orbited body.

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

意味（2）

(uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

(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.

意味（5）

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.

意味（6）

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

意味（7）

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

意味（8）

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

意味（9）

(geometry, group theory) 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.

意味（10）

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

Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car.

orbits （ plural ）