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ORBIT PERIOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time it takes to complete one full orbit around a celestial body
Example:
the orbit period depends on the altitude of the satellite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("orbit period" is a kind of...):
period (the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon)