Definition of orbits

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• orbits is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• orbits is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• orbits is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of orbits

• the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another (noun)

  Examples

  1. he plotted the orbit of the moon

  Synonyms

  1. celestial orbit
• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: (noun)

  Examples

  1. in the political orbit of a world power

  Synonyms

  1. ambit
  2. compass
  3. range
  4. reach
  5. scope
• a particular environment or walk of life (noun)

  Examples

  1. he's out of my orbit

  Synonyms

  1. area
  2. arena
  3. domain
  4. field
  5. sphere
• move in an orbit (verb)

  Examples

  1. The moon orbits around the Earth
  2. The planets are orbiting the sun
  3. electrons orbit the nucleus

  Synonyms

  1. orb
  2. revolve
• the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. cranial orbit
  2. eye socket
  3. orbital cavity
• the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. electron orbit

See definition of orbits in Merriam Webster