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A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object, particularly in astronomy and space travel.
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The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.
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A sphere of influence; an area of control.
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In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.
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The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
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The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.
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The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
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A mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom; area of the highest probability of electron´s occurrence around the atom's nucleus.
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A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
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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.
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A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
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Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car.
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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.