ORBITAL MOTION Synonyms

• a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

• the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

• a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

• the act of rotating as if on an axis

• (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

• a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

• a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)

• a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

• the act of rotating rapidly

• a short drive in a car

• rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

• a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• stream in jets, of liquids

• cause to spin

• make up a story

• form a web by making a thread

• work natural fibers into a thread

• twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation

• prolong or extend

• the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

• act of changing in practice or custom

• a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe

• a movement in a new direction

• the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe

• the activity of shaping something on a lathe

• the act of rotating in a circle or spiral

• 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

• an unofficial association of people or groups

• something approximating the shape of a circle

• movement once around a course

• a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

• street names for flunitrazepam

• a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

• any circular or rotating mechanism

• travel around something

• move in a circular path above (someone or something)

• form or draw a circle around

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

• a particular environment or walk of life

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

• the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

• the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

• move in an orbit

• turn on or around an axis or a center

• move in an orbit

• cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• turn in a twisting or spinning motion

• flow in a circular current, of liquids

• motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point