orb

n. circle, sphere, globe; heavenly sphere (i.e. sun, moon, etc.); any circular body; eye (Literary)

component in CORBA that acts as the interfacing program between the client and the server (Computers)

The word "Orb", from the Latin orbis 'circle', is another name for a round object, especially a disk or a sphere. Orb may refer to:Orb (astrology), the difference between the exactness of an astrological aspect.Orb (paranormal), a phenomenon claimed to be seen by some people with the naked eye, though more usually are captured on camera, considered by some to be paranormal and by others to be caused by the camera flash reflecting off dust.Orb (software) is a free streaming software for PC.Celestial orb, a central concept in ancient and early-modern astronomy.Orbing, a magical form of teleportation in the television show Charmed; still in fiction, the verb to orb is used for the same as well as for SF-technology to that effect, as in Stargate SG-1.The Orb, a British electronic music group.a type of regalia known as a globus cruciger (Latin for 'cross-bearing globe'), as in "Orb and Sceptre", .Sovereign's Orb (a globus cruciger) is one of the best known Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.Orb Drive, a 3.5" removable hard disk drive.Orb River, empties into the Golfe du Lion in southern France.Bad Orb, a town in Hesse state, Germany.
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Noun
1. the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
(synonym) eyeball
(hypernym) capsule
(part-holonym) eye, oculus, optic
2. an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
(synonym) ball, globe
(hypernym) sphere
(hyponym) crystal ball

(v. t.)
To form into an orb or circle.
  

(v. t.)
To encircle; to surround; to inclose.
  

(v. i.)
To become round like an orb.
  

(n.)
The eye, as luminous and spherical.
  

(n.)
Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound.
  

(n.)
One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.
  

(n.)
A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
  

(n.)
A sphere of action.
  

(n.)
A revolving circular body; a wheel.
  

(n.)
A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
  

(n.)
A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
  

(n.)
A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
  

(n.)
A blank window or panel.
  

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