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Orbit vs X - What's the difference?

orbit | x |

As a noun orbit

is orbit (path of one object around another object).

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

orbit

English

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.
  • Derived terms

    * *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To circle or revolve around another object.
  • The Earth orbits the Sun.
  • To move around the general vicinity of something.
  • The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, asking for sweets.
  • To place an object into an orbit around a planet.
  • A rocket was used to orbit the satellite.

    Synonyms

    * (move around the general vicinity of) circumambulate, tag along * (place an object into an orbit) launch

    Derived terms

    * orbital

    See also

    * satellite * (wikipedia "orbit")

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----