Noun

(en noun)

Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

the globe''' of the eye; the '''globe of a lamp

The planet Earth.

(John Locke)

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A spherical model of Earth or any planet.

(dated, or, Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.

* 1920 , Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific bulletin: volumes 9-10 (page 26)

Don't ask for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade and it was economy to replace them.

A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.

* Milton

Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.

Noun

(en noun)

A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.

The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.

A sphere of influence; an area of control.

In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.

The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.

The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit , as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.

(anatomy) The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.

(physics) The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus.

(mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.