单词 | orbit |
释义 | orbit [`ȯr·bǝt] ANATOMY The bony cavity in the lateral front of the skull beneath the frontal bone which contains the eyeball. Also known as eye socket. MATHEMATICS Let G be a group which operates on a set S; the orbit of an element s of S under G is the subset of S consisting of all elements gs where g is in G. OCEANOGRAPHY The path of a water particle affected by wave motion; it is almost circular in deep-water waves and almost elliptical in shallow-water waves. PHYSICS 1. Any closed path followed by a particle or body, such as the orbit of a celestial body under the influence of gravity, the elliptical path followed by electrons in the Bohr theory, or the paths followed by particles in a circular particle accelerator. 2. More generally, any path followed by a particle, such as helical paths of particles in a magnetic field, or the parabolic path of a comet. |
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