orbit

n. course of planets or satellites around another heavenly body; path of protons or electrons circling the nucleus of an atom; usual course of activity; orb

v. rotate around a heavenly body on a set course (Astronomy); put into rotation around a heavenly body (Space Technology); follow a repeating course

ORBit is a CORBA compliant Object Request Broker (ORB). The current version is called ORBit2 and is compliant with CORBA version 2.4. It is developed under the GPL license and is used as middleware for the GNOME project.
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In physics, an orbit is the path that an object makes around another object while under the influence of a source of centripetal force, such as gravity.
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Orbit /or·bit/ the bony cavity containing the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves.or´bital or·bit n. See orbital cavity. [more]Orbit - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
(synonym) celestial orbit
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(hyponym) geosynchronous orbit
(part-meronym) apoapsis, point of apoapsis
(derivation) revolve
2. a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
(synonym) sphere, domain, area, field, arena
(hypernym) environment
(hyponym) distaff
3. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
(synonym) scope, range, reach, compass, ambit
(hypernym) extent
(hyponym) approximate range, ballpark
4. the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
(synonym) electron orbit
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(derivation) revolve
5. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
(synonym) eye socket, cranial orbit, orbital cavity
(hypernym) cavity, bodily cavity, cavum
(part-holonym) skull
(part-meronym) lacrimal bone
Verb
1. move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
(synonym) revolve
(hypernym) circle, circulate
(hyponym) retrograde
(derivation) electron orbit

(n.)
The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
  

(n.)
The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
  

(n.)
The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
  

(n.)
An orb or ball.