Definizione monolingua

orb

orb (third-person singular simple present orbs, present participle orbing, simple past and past participle orbed)

1. (poetic) to form into an orb or circle

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2. (poetic) (transitive) to encircle; to surround; to inclose
3. (poetic) (intransitive) to become round like an orb

orb (plural orbs)

1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

   In the small orb of one particular tear. --Shakespeare

   Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled. -- John Milton

2. One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions
3. A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit

   The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. --Bacon

   You seem to me as Dian in her orb. --Shakespeare

   In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood, Orb within orb. --John Milton

4. (rare) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. --John Milton
5. (poetic) The eye, as luminous and spherical

   A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --John Milton

6. (poetic) A revolving circular body; a wheel

   The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. --John Milton

7. (rare) A sphere of action. --William Wordsworth

   But in our orbs well live so round and safe. --Shakespeare

8. A globus cruciger
9. A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography

orb m. (feminine orba, masculine plural orbs, feminine plural orbes)

1. blind

Definizione dizionario orb

	sfera
	poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel
	Oggetto rotondo tridimensionale di cui ogni punto della superficie è equidistante dal centro.
	Round three-dimensional body whose surface has at each point the same distance from the center.

	globo
	poetic: the eye, as luminous and spherical

	occhio
	poetic: the eye, as luminous and spherical

	orbe
	spherical body

cerchio

corpo celesta

orbita

palla

Altri significati:

A globus cruciger

(rare) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. --John Milton

(poetic) (intransitive) to become round like an orb

(poetic) to form into an orb or circle --Milton Lowell

A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

(rare) A sphere of action. --William Wordsworth

A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit

A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography

(poetic) (transitive) to encircle; to surround; to inclose

(transitive) In the television programme/program '''Charmed''' , to utilize the type of teleportation particularly associated with whitelighters

(poetic) The eye, as luminous and spherical

(poetic) A revolving circular body; a wheel

To move in an orbit.

One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions