ORBIT PERIOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orbit period mean? 

• ORBIT PERIOD (noun)
  The noun ORBIT PERIOD has 1 sense:

1. the time it takes to complete one full orbit around a celestial body

  Familiarity information: ORBIT PERIOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORBIT PERIOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time it takes to complete one full orbit around a celestial body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

the orbit period depends on the altitude of the satellite

Hypernyms ("orbit period" is a kind of...):

period (the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon)