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orbit

noun
  1. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: 'the range of a supersonic jet'
    reach
  2. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
    eye socketcranial orbitorbital cavity
  3. the usually elliptical path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
    “The astronomer plotted the orbit of the moon.”
    celestial orbit
  4. the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
    electron orbit
  5. a particular environment or walk of life
    field
verb
  1. move in an orbit
    “The moon orbits around the Earth”
    orbrevolve