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Date "ORBITING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | Of a spacecraft, in orbit about the earth or other spatial body, as in an orbiting astronomical laboratory. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ORFEUS | English | Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Navigation | Aerostation, aerostatics, aeronautics; balloonery; balloon; ballooning, aviation, airmanship; flying, flight, volitation; wing, pinion; rocketry, space travel, astronautics, orbital mechanics, orbiting. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ORBITING |
| English words defined with "ORBITING": Bohr theory ♦ Libration point ♦ Magellanic Cloud, magnetic dipole moment ♦ nearby ♦ Oort cloud, orbit, orbital plane ♦ revolve ♦ satellite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ORBITING": amateur packet radio, argument of perigee, AVHRR ♦ communication satellite, communications satellite for experimental purposes, Cowell method ♦ decay time, Dione, direction cosine ♦ effective atmosphere, elliptical orbits, Enceladus, experimental communications satellite, experimental satellite, Extrasolar planet ♦ geodetic datum, global positioning system, GOES ♦ LMC, Lunar Orbiter ♦ Mean anomaly, Mimas, Miranda ♦ Navstar GPS, NESDIS ♦ Orbital elements, orbital velocity, OSO 8 ♦ perigee speed, POES, polar-orbiting Earth observation mission ♦ remote sensing ♦ Satellite Communications, SMC, synchronous satellite ♦ TDRS and TDRSS, telecommunications satellite, TIROS-N, Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | NASA's Servicing Mission 3B for the Hubble Space Telescope will give the orbiting observatory ... Credit: NASA. |  | Huge fires on the island of Borneo on 1997 September 22 05:10 UT, asviewed by the NOAA-14 Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES). The image is based on Global AreaCoverage (GAC) data at 4km resolution. More images of these fires areavailable from the Centre for RemoteImaging, Sensing and Processing at the National University of Singapore. Credit: NASA. |
 | GOES-A, the first operational Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite, being prepared for launch. GOES-A was redesignated GOES-1 following launch on October 16, 1975. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | A composite image of the northern hemisphere obtained from ESSA 5 polar orbiting satellite data. Eight tropical storms are active in this image. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | Hurricane Anna, the first hurricane detected by an orbiting satellite as imaged by TIROS III. In: "TIROS A Story of Achievement" RCA, February 28, 1964,. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | The command antenna for the polar orbiting satellites. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | The U. S. northeast and mid-Atlantic coast as observed by a polar orbiting operational environmental satellite. Coastline configuration, snow-cover, and cloud cover are all evident in this image. The surface structure of the Appalachian Mountains is also evident as snow covers the ridges. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | A Mercury launch. The Mercury series were manned orbiting vehicles. Many meteorological and earth resource photographs were taken by Mercury astronauts. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | One area of development is that of the little Low Earth Orbiting Satellites (LEOS). (references) | |
Mobile Communication service offered by large LEOS (Low Earth Orbiting Satellites) is compatible with GSM cellular. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ORBITING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 69.33% of the time. "ORBITING" is used about 75 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 69.33% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 28% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 75 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ORBITING": Low Earth Orbiting satellite ♦ orbiting weapon ♦ polar orbiting satellite. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ORBITING": earth-orbiting, polar-orbiting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
orbiting polar satellite | 6 |
orbiting satellite | 6 |
orbiting the giant hairball | 3 |
orbiting | 3 |
first orbiting space telescope | 2 |
earth orbiting satellite | 2 |
earth orbiting sun | 2 |
laboratory manned orbiting | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ORBITING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | orbital, fluturim orbital. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | satellitten kan enten vaere en satellit,der er i kredsloeb omkring jorden,og som passerer henover boreplatformen,eller det kan vaere en synkron satellit;en synkron satellit har noejagtig samme hastighed som jordens omdrejningshastighed,hvorved den synkron (the satellite may be either an orbiting satellite making an overhead pass or it may be a synchronous satellite;the synchronous satellite has a velocity exactly equal to the earth's rotation speed, thus making the synchronous satellite appear motionless in the sky), satellit i polar bane (polar orbiting satellite, polar-orbiting satellite), Low Earth Orbiting satellite (LEOs, Low Earth Orbiting satellite), LEO (LEOs, Low Earth Orbiting satellite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | satelliet in een polaire omloopbaan (polar orbiting satellite, polar-orbiting satellite), planetairvonken (orbiting EDM, planetary EDM), Low Earth Orbiting satellites (LEOs, Low Earth Orbiting satellite), LEOs (LEOs, Low Earth Orbiting satellite), de satelliet kan een om de aarde cirkelende satelliet zijn,die telkens over komt,of een synchrone satelliet;de snelheid van deze satelliet is precies gelijk aan de omwentelingssnelheid van de aarde,waardoor het lijkt of de synchrone satelliet een vaste (the satellite may be either an orbiting satellite making an overhead pass or it may be a synchronous satellite;the synchronous satellite has a velocity exactly equal to the earth's rotation speed, thus making the synchronous satellite appear motionless in the sky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | polaariratasatelliitti (polar orbiting satellite, polar-orbiting satellite), matalakiertoratainen satelliitti (LEOs, Low Earth Orbiting satellite), LEO (LEOs, Low Earth Orbiting satellite), kulkee rataansa (is orbiting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | orbitant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | umkreisend (circling, going around in circles, perimetric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ο δορυφόρος μπορεί να είναι,είτε ένας τροχιακός δορυφόρος,που πραγματοποιεί διελεύσεις ακριβώς πάνω από το πλοίο,είτε ένας ισό-χρονος δορυ (the satellite may be either an orbiting satellite making an overhead "pass" or it may be a synchronous satellite;the synchronous satellite has a velocity exactly equal to the earth's rotation speed), δορυφόρος πολικής τροχιάς (polar orbiting satellite, polar-orbiting satellite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | keringési (circulatory), keringés (circulation, circumgyration, flux, gyration, revolution, turn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | satellite in orbita polare (polar orbiting satellite, polar-orbiting satellite), satellite in bassa orbita terrestre (LEO satellite, LEOs, low earth orbit satellite, Low Earth Orbiting satellite), il satellite puo essere orbitante,ed effettua dei passaggi giusto al di sopra della nave,o sincrono;il satellite sincrono ha una velocit esattamente uguale alla velocit di rotazione della terra,percio appare immobile nel cielo (the satellite may be either an orbiting satellite making an overhead "pass" or it may be a synchronous satellite;the synchronous satellite has a velocity exactly equal to the earth's rotation speed, thus making the synchronous satellite appear motionless in the sky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orbitingay em órbita, órbita (circle, orbit, path). (various references) орбитальный (orbital), движение по орбите. (various references) kruženje, koji kruži po putanji, koji je u orbiti. (various references) orbital (orbital), vuelo orbital. (various references) omlopps. (various references) орбітальний політ, орбітальний (orbital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ORBITING": deorbiting. (additional references) | |
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"ORBITING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Norbiton, Orbenin, Orbiston, ornithine, Oubilin, toribiong. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ORBITING" (pronounced ô"rbuting) |
| 5 | -b u t i ng | cohabiting, exhibiting, inhabiting, inhibiting, prohibiting. |
| 4 | -u t i ng | accrediting, attributing, auditing, balloting, blanketing, budgeting, carpeting, crediting, depositing, dieting, discrediting, dispiriting, disquieting, editing, eliciting, exiting, ferreting, fidgeting, forfeiting, inheriting, limiting, marketing, misinterpreting, picketing, piloting, pirating, plummeting, pocketing, profiting, quieting, ratcheting, reinterpreting, remarketing, revisiting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, skyrocketing, soliciting, targeting, telemarketing, ticketing, trumpeting, visiting, vomiting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, disputing, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, Fetting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, pinpointing, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, prognosticating, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revolting, rewriting, roasting, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-i-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: ignitor, rioting. | |
-2 letters: biotin, biting, boring, orbing, origin, robing, tiring, trigon. | |
-3 letters: bigot, bingo, binit, biont, boing, bring, giron, griot, groin, ingot, intro, iring, nitro, orbit, oribi, robin, tigon, torii, trigo. | |
-4 letters: bint, bong, born, bort, brig, brin, brio, brit, girn, giro, girt, grin, grit, grot, inro, inti, into, iron, noir, nori, obit, ring. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-i-n-o-r-t" | |
+2 letters: deorbiting, outbribing, robotizing. | |
+3 letters: brominating, frostbiting, motorbiking, prohibiting, reobtaining. | |
+4 letters: bioenergetic, contributing, frostbitings, obliterating. | |
+5 letters: antibourgeois, bioenergetics, brainstorming, outbargaining, subirrigation, subordinating, verbigeration. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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