Orbit vs Apocentric - What's the difference?
orbit | apocentric |
A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.
A sphere of influence; an area of control.
The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
(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.
To circle or revolve around another object.
To move around the general vicinity of something.
To place an object into an orbit around a planet.
(astrophysics) Of or pertaining to the apocenter, the point in an orbit which is furthest from the orbited body
As a noun orbit
is a circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.As a verb orbit
is to circle or revolve around another object.As an adjective apocentric is
of or pertaining to the apocenter, the point in an orbit which is furthest from the orbited body.orbit
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.
- In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.
- The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit , as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.
Derived terms
* *Verb
(en verb)- The Earth orbits the Sun.
- The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, asking for sweets.
- A rocket was used to orbit the satellite.
