orbit
n. C / U B1 Intermediate US //ˈɔɹbət// UK //ˈɔːbɪt// or·bit
n. the curved path that an object, like a planet or moon, takes around a larger object in space.
n. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, resulting from gravitational attraction.
The Earth is in orbit around the Sun.
Engineers worked for months to ensure the satellite reached its correct orbit without burning too much fuel.
While most planets maintain nearly circular paths, some comets follow a highly elliptical orbit that brings them close to the sun only once every few centuries.
Inherited from Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”).