orbiting

ˈɔrbɪtɪŋ
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Translation of orbiting into German

Adjective

space

moving in a curved path around something
umkreisend in der Umlaufbahn
  • The orbiting satellite sends data back to Earth.Der umkreisend Satellit sendet Daten zurück zur Erde.
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Synonyms and analogies of orbiting in English

adj.circlingrevolvingMore synonyms

Examples of orbiting in a sentence

  • Orbiting debris can be hazardous to spacecraft.
orbit
ˈɔrbɪt
Verb
1.

astronomy

intr.
move around a central point in a path
intr.
  • The moon orbits the Earth.Der Mond umkreist die Erde.
2.

spacecraft

tr.TECH.
send a satellite into a path around a planet
tr.TECH.
  • They plan to orbit the satellite next year.Sie planen, den Satelliten nächstes Jahr in die Umlaufbahn zu bringen.
3.

focus

intr.Rare
center around a particular idea or person
intr.Rare
sich drehen um kreisen um
  • The discussion orbits the main topic.Die Diskussion dreht sich um das Hauptthema.
Noun
1.

influence

sphere of influence or activity
Einflussbereich mAktivitätssphäre Wirkungskreis
  • The company expanded its orbit of operations.Das Unternehmen erweiterte seinen Einflussbereich der Operationen.
2.

astronomy

TECH.
path of a celestial body around another due to gravitational forces
TECH.
  • The moon completes its orbit around Earth every 27 days..Der Mond vollendet seine Umlaufbahn um die Erde alle 27 Tage
3.

medical

TECH.
bony cavity containing the eyeball
TECH.
  • The doctor examined the orbit for fractures.Der Arzt untersuchte die Augenhöhle auf Frakturen.
4.

physics

TECH.
path of an electron around a nucleus
TECH.
  • Electrons move in an orbit around the nucleus.Elektronen bewegen sich in einer Umlaufbahn um den Kern.

Expressions with orbit: examples in English and translations in German

durch die Decke
The product's sales went into orbit.
im Orbit
The satellite is in orbit around Earth.
außerhalb des eigenen Einflussbereichs
Political lobbying is outside his orbit and beyond his daily responsibilities.
in jemandes Umlaufbahn
She has been in his orbit since they started working together.
außerhalb der Umlaufbahn
The satellite is out of orbit and drifting away.
komplett beseitigen
auslöschen
The bug was so bad we had to nuke it from orbit.

Translations of "orbiting" in Context ordered by category and frequency

umkreist

The astronauts conducted experiments in the space laboratory orbiting our planet.

Die Astronauten führten Experimente im Raumlabor durch, das unseren Planeten umkreist.

umkreisen

But it's the search for planets orbiting stars far away.

Sondern von der Suche nach Planeten, die ferne Sterne umkreisen.

umlaufenden

In part, the material is called back by the orbiting planet.

Zum Teil wird das Material von den umlaufenden Planeten wieder zurückgerufen.

umkreisenden

The atom consists of a nucleus with electrons orbiting around it.

Das Atom besteht aus einem Kern mit ihm umkreisenden Elektronen.

im Orbit

There was one senator who wanted to build an orbiting brewery.

Weil ein Senator eine Brauerei im Orbit bauen wollte.

umlaufende

He imagined each orbiting moon contributing its own tone to the universal sphärenmusik.

Er stellte sich vor, dass jeder umlaufende Mond einen eigenen Ton zur universalen Sphärenmusik beiträgt.

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Other translations for orbiting:

  • kreisen
  • kreist
  • kreisenden
  • umkreisende

orbiting: Examples and translations in context

We have beamed aboard the alien ship found orbiting a strange dead star.

Wir sind auf dem fremden Schiff, das den toten Stern umkreist.

A lot of the stars in the night sky have planets orbiting them.

Viele der Sterne am Nachthimmel werden von Planeten umkreist.

The women would become his sun with his entire life merely orbiting them.

Die Frauen wurden zu seiner Sonne und er umkreiste sie.

We've never seen something like this orbiting the sun.

Wir haben noch nie etwas wie dieses gesehen, das die Sonne umkreist.

This spiral is probably caused by a hidden companion star orbiting the star.

Sie wurde vermutlich von einem unsichtbaren Begleitstern verursacht, der den Hauptstern umkreist.

It is a hard surfaced body, orbiting a sun in space.

Sie ist ein Körper mit fester Oberfläche und umkreist eine Sonne im Raum.

Astronomers recently discovered new worlds orbiting distant stars within our galaxy.

Astronomen haben kürzlich neue Welten entdeckt, die ferne Sterne in unserer Galaxie umkreisen.

The atomic shell consists of negatively charged electrons orbiting the nucleus.

Die Atomhülle besteht aus negativ geladenen Elektronen, die den Kern umkreisen.

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