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- an object with a spherical shape
- the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- (poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity
- A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power
- An orbit of an heavenly body
- (rare) A sphere of action.
- (military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
- (rare) The time period of an orbit
- (architecture) A blank window or panel.
- A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star
- (astrology, uncountable) Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect.
- (architecture) A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere
- Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions
- A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))
- (poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel
verb
- move in an orbit
- (transitive, dating) To continue to follow or engage with someone by means of social media after breaking up with them.
- (transitive) To move around the general vicinity of something.
- (transitive) To center (around).
- (transitive) To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
- (astronomy, transitive) To circle or revolve around another object or position.
- (transitive) To move in a circle.
noun
- One complete circuit round an orbited body.
- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- (anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
- (zoology) The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
- (geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
- (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
- (uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.
- (informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
- (physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
- (figurative) A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
- (pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.
- (poker, Texas hold 'em) The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.
- (astronomy) An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
verb
- move in an orbit
- (intransitive) To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body).
- cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
- turn on or around an axis or a center
- (intransitive) To rotate around an axis.
- (intransitive) To move in order or sequence.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to turn around a central point.
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noun
- (astronautics) The process of using such an orbit to transfer between two other orbits.
- (astronautics) An elliptical orbit used to transfer a spacecraft between two circular orbits of different altitudes in the same plane, with the periapsis of the orbit being tangent to the smaller circular orbit and its apoapsis being tangent to the larger circular orbit.
verb
noun
- A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
- A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
- (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.
- (genetics) A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
- A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
- A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.
- (grammar) A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".
- any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
- man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
- a person who follows or serves another
adj
adj
- of or relating to an orbit
- of or relating to the eye socket
- describing a circle; moving in a circle
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).
- Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
- (chiefly UK) (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.
noun
noun
- Initialism of near-rectilinear orbit / near-rectilineal orbit.
- (Internet) Initialism of Number Resource Organization.
- an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations
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- Of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
- (geology) Of a metamorphic change: resulting from a decrease in pressure or temperature.
- (zoology) Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
- Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
- (also astrology, often postpositive) Of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.
- Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
- (music) Having a passage of music played backwards.
- (medicine) Of amnesia: relating to the period leading up to the episode which caused it.
- Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
- of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
- going from better to worse
- moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
- moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
verb
- move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- (geography) Of a land feature: to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- (military) To retreat or withdraw from a position.
- (geology) To change (minerals, rocks, etc.) metamorphically through a decrease in pressure or temperature.
- To revert to an inferior or less developed state; to decline, to regress.
- (geography) To cause (a land feature such as a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- (astrology, astronomy) Of a celestial body, especially a planet: to show retrogradation; to seem to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- move back
- go back over
- get worse or fall back to a previous condition
adv
noun
- A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
- (astrology) The apparent movement of a planet across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- One who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; a conservative.
- (music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
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- (astronautics) A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
- An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
- A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
- A meeting or date.
- (military) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
- a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
- a meeting planned at a certain time and place
- a place where people meet
verb
adj
- having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
- of or characteristic of low rank or importance
- falling short of some prescribed norm
- of low or inferior quality
- lower than a given reference point
- written or printed below and to one side of another character
- Of low rank, standard or quality.
- (zoology) Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.
- (astronomy) Below the horizon.
- (economics) Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
- (typography) Printed in subscript.
- (botany) Situated below some other organ (said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx).
- (anatomy) Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad.
- (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract.
- (with to) Lower in rank, status, or quality.
- (law) (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
- (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
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- The orbit of an astronomical body.
- A territorial division or district.
- (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.
- A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
- Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.
- (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
- (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
- (South Africa, Philippines, India, Dundee) A traffic circle or roundabout.
- (colloquial) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.
- (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.
- A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
- Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
- Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
- (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
- (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.
- A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
- something approximating the shape of a circle
- a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra
- street names for flunitrazepam
- movement once around a course
verb
- (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
- (transitive) To surround.
- (intransitive, paganism) To take part in a magic circle.
- (intransitive) To travel in circles.
- (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
- form or draw a circle around
- travel around something
- move in a circular path above (someone or something)
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noun
- (astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
- Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
- (computing) A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.
- (biochemistry) Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
- (medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
- (astronautics, by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
- (psychology, euphemistic) A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
adj
- having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
- having a higher rank
- of or characteristic of high rank or importance
- (often followed by ‘to’) above being affected or influenced by
- of high or superior quality or performance
- written or printed above and to one side of another character
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) not subject to or influenced by
- Of high standard or quality.
- Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
- (astronomy, of a planet in the Solar System) Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
- (anatomy, medicine) Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
- (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
- (taxonomy) More comprehensive.
- (botany) (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
- (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
- Greater or better than average.
- (botany) (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
- Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
- Greater in size or power.
- (botany) (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
- (typography) Printed in superscript.
- Located above or out; higher in position.
- Higher in rank, status, or quality.
noun
- one of greater rank or station or quality
- a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
- the head of a religious community
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
- (Scots law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
- The senior person in a monastic community.
- (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
adj
- (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
- (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
- (conceptual analysis) Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles.
- (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
- (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
- (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
- extremely cold
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
- being of crucial importance
- of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
- having a pair of equal and opposite charges
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noun
- (by extension) The orbits around Earth and other bodies with these qualities.
- By analogy, equivalent orbits for other bodies, which provide low apparent motion across the dome of the sky at apoapsis, allowing long duration communications/observation with low tracking rates at polar latitudes.
- A highly elliptical orbit with an eccentricity of 0.74, inclination of 63.4 degrees, an argument of perigee of −90 degrees, and an orbital period of half a sidereal day, around the Earth.
- (by extension) Both the northern and southern hemisphere orbits for the Earth.
- By analogy, the equivalent orbit for the southern hemisphere, with the argument of perigee changed to +90 degrees.
noun
- (astronomy) In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
- (countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
- (countable, politics) The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
- A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
- A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.
- Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
- (card games) a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.
- Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
- the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
noun
- (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies.
- (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system).
- (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed.
- activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- the act of causing disorder
- an unhappy and worried mental state
- a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
- (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
noun
noun
- (astronautics) The process of using such an orbit to transfer between two other orbits.
- (astronautics) An elliptical orbit used to transfer a spacecraft between two circular orbits of different altitudes in the same plane, with the periapsis of the orbit being tangent to the smaller circular orbit and its apoapsis being tangent to the larger circular orbit.
noun
- Initialism of near-rectilinear orbit / near-rectilineal orbit.
- (Internet) Initialism of Number Resource Organization.
- an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations
name
noun
- (astronautics) A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
- An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
- A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
- A meeting or date.
- (military) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
- a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
- a meeting planned at a certain time and place
- a place where people meet
verb
noun
noun
- The orbit of an astronomical body.
- A territorial division or district.
- (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.
- A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
- Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.
- (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
- (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
- (South Africa, Philippines, India, Dundee) A traffic circle or roundabout.
- (colloquial) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.
- (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.
- A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
- Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
- Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
- (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
- (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.
- A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
- something approximating the shape of a circle
- a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra
- street names for flunitrazepam
- movement once around a course
verb
- (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
- (transitive) To surround.
- (intransitive, paganism) To take part in a magic circle.
- (intransitive) To travel in circles.
- (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
- form or draw a circle around
- travel around something
- move in a circular path above (someone or something)
noun
- (astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
- Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
- (computing) A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.
- (biochemistry) Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
- (medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
- (astronautics, by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
- (psychology, euphemistic) A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
adj
noun
verb
- move in an orbit
- (transitive, dating) To continue to follow or engage with someone by means of social media after breaking up with them.
- (transitive) To move around the general vicinity of something.
- (transitive) To center (around).
- (transitive) To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
- (astronomy, transitive) To circle or revolve around another object or position.
- (transitive) To move in a circle.
noun
- One complete circuit round an orbited body.
- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- (anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
- (zoology) The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
- (geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
- (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
- (uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.
- (informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
- (physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
- (figurative) A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
- (pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.
- (poker, Texas hold 'em) The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.
- (astronomy) An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
noun
- (by extension) The orbits around Earth and other bodies with these qualities.
- By analogy, equivalent orbits for other bodies, which provide low apparent motion across the dome of the sky at apoapsis, allowing long duration communications/observation with low tracking rates at polar latitudes.
- A highly elliptical orbit with an eccentricity of 0.74, inclination of 63.4 degrees, an argument of perigee of −90 degrees, and an orbital period of half a sidereal day, around the Earth.
- (by extension) Both the northern and southern hemisphere orbits for the Earth.
- By analogy, the equivalent orbit for the southern hemisphere, with the argument of perigee changed to +90 degrees.
noun
- (astronomy) In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
- (countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
- (countable, politics) The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
- A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
- A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.
- Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
- (card games) a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.
- Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
- the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
noun
- (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies.
- (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system).
- (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed.
- activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- the act of causing disorder
- an unhappy and worried mental state
- a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
- (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
noun
verb
noun
- an object with a spherical shape
- the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- (poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity
- A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power
- An orbit of an heavenly body
- (rare) A sphere of action.
- (military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
- (rare) The time period of an orbit
- (architecture) A blank window or panel.
- A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star
- (astrology, uncountable) Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect.
- (architecture) A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere
- Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions
- A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))
- (poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel
verb
- move in an orbit
- (transitive, dating) To continue to follow or engage with someone by means of social media after breaking up with them.
- (transitive) To move around the general vicinity of something.
- (transitive) To center (around).
- (transitive) To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
- (astronomy, transitive) To circle or revolve around another object or position.
- (transitive) To move in a circle.
noun
- One complete circuit round an orbited body.
- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- (anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
- (zoology) The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
- (geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
- (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
- (uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.
- (informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
- (physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
- (figurative) A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
- (pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.
- (poker, Texas hold 'em) The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.
- (astronomy) An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
verb
- move in an orbit
- (intransitive) To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body).
- cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
- turn on or around an axis or a center
- (intransitive) To rotate around an axis.
- (intransitive) To move in order or sequence.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to turn around a central point.
noun
verb
noun
- A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
- A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
- (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.
- (genetics) A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
- A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
- A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.
- (grammar) A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".
- any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
- man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
- a person who follows or serves another
adj
adj
- Of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
- (geology) Of a metamorphic change: resulting from a decrease in pressure or temperature.
- (zoology) Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
- Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
- (also astrology, often postpositive) Of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.
- Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
- (music) Having a passage of music played backwards.
- (medicine) Of amnesia: relating to the period leading up to the episode which caused it.
- Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
- of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
- going from better to worse
- moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
- moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
verb
- move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- (geography) Of a land feature: to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- (military) To retreat or withdraw from a position.
- (geology) To change (minerals, rocks, etc.) metamorphically through a decrease in pressure or temperature.
- To revert to an inferior or less developed state; to decline, to regress.
- (geography) To cause (a land feature such as a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- (astrology, astronomy) Of a celestial body, especially a planet: to show retrogradation; to seem to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- move back
- go back over
- get worse or fall back to a previous condition
adv
noun
- A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
- (astrology) The apparent movement of a planet across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- One who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; a conservative.
- (music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
adj
noun
adj
- of or relating to an orbit
- of or relating to the eye socket
- describing a circle; moving in a circle
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the eye socket (eyehole).
- Of or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
- (chiefly UK) (of roads, railways) Passing around the outside of an urban area.
noun
adj
- Of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
- (geology) Of a metamorphic change: resulting from a decrease in pressure or temperature.
- (zoology) Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
- Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
- (also astrology, often postpositive) Of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.
- Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
- (music) Having a passage of music played backwards.
- (medicine) Of amnesia: relating to the period leading up to the episode which caused it.
- Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
- of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
- going from better to worse
- moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
- moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
verb
- move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- (geography) Of a land feature: to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- (military) To retreat or withdraw from a position.
- (geology) To change (minerals, rocks, etc.) metamorphically through a decrease in pressure or temperature.
- To revert to an inferior or less developed state; to decline, to regress.
- (geography) To cause (a land feature such as a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- (astrology, astronomy) Of a celestial body, especially a planet: to show retrogradation; to seem to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- move back
- go back over
- get worse or fall back to a previous condition
adv
noun
- A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
- (astrology) The apparent movement of a planet across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- One who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; a conservative.
- (music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
adj
- having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
- of or characteristic of low rank or importance
- falling short of some prescribed norm
- of low or inferior quality
- lower than a given reference point
- written or printed below and to one side of another character
- Of low rank, standard or quality.
- (zoology) Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.
- (astronomy) Below the horizon.
- (economics) Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
- (typography) Printed in subscript.
- (botany) Situated below some other organ (said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx).
- (anatomy) Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad.
- (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract.
- (with to) Lower in rank, status, or quality.
- (law) (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
- (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
noun
adj
- having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
- having a higher rank
- of or characteristic of high rank or importance
- (often followed by ‘to’) above being affected or influenced by
- of high or superior quality or performance
- written or printed above and to one side of another character
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) not subject to or influenced by
- Of high standard or quality.
- Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
- (astronomy, of a planet in the Solar System) Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
- (anatomy, medicine) Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
- (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
- (taxonomy) More comprehensive.
- (botany) (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
- (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
- Greater or better than average.
- (botany) (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
- Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
- Greater in size or power.
- (botany) (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
- (typography) Printed in superscript.
- Located above or out; higher in position.
- Higher in rank, status, or quality.
noun
- one of greater rank or station or quality
- a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
- the head of a religious community
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
- (Scots law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
- The senior person in a monastic community.
- (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
adj
- (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
- (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
- (conceptual analysis) Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles.
- (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
- (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
- (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
- extremely cold
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
- being of crucial importance
- of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
- having a pair of equal and opposite charges