orbit
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
he plotted the orbit of the moon
Types & categories
- route hypernym
- geosynchronous orbit hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
move in an orbit
The moon orbits around the Earth
Types & categories
- circle hypernym
- retrograde hyponym
Related & opposite
- satellite derivation
- gyration derivation
- orbit derivation
- electron orbit derivation
Sense 3 noun
a particular environment or walk of life
his social sphere is limited
Types & categories
- environment hypernym
- distaff hyponym
- front hyponym
- realm hyponym
- lap hyponym
- political arena hyponym
- preserve hyponym
- responsibility hyponym
Sense 4 noun
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
the range of a supersonic jet
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
Types & categories
- route hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
Types & categories
- bodily cavity hypernym
Parts & wholes
- skull part holonym
- lacrimal bone part meronym
Related & opposite
- orbital derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | orbit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | orbital |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | apoapsis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | periapsis |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | route |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | geosynchronous orbit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | satellite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gyration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | orbit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | electron orbit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | circle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrograde |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | environment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | distaff |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | front |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | realm |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lap |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | political arena |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | preserve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | responsibility |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | compass |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | straddle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | range |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scopal |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | extent |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | approximate range |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | confines |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | contrast |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | internationality |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | latitude |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | purview |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweep |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gamut |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | spectrum |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | palette |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | orbit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | orbital |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | route |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | orbital |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | skull |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lacrimal bone |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | bodily cavity |