celestial orbit

1. 1.

   the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another

   “he plotted the orbit of the moon”

   Synonymsorbit

   Broaderpath

   Narrowergeosynchronous orbit

   Partsapoapsisperiapsis

Questions about celestial orbit

What does celestial orbit mean?

celestial orbit means "the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another".

What is another word for celestial orbit?

Close synonyms include orbit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is celestial orbit a common word?

celestial orbit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.