ORB

noun orbs

1. countable, uncountable A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star In the small orb of one particular tear.
2. countable, uncountable Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions
3. countable, uncountable A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere
4. countable, uncountable An orbit of an heavenly body The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs.
5. countable, rare, uncountable The time period of an orbit Know none before us, self-begot, self-rais'd / By our own quick'ning power, when fatal course / Had circl'd his full Orbe, the birth mature / Of this our native Heav'n, Ethereal Sons.
6. countable, poetic, uncountable The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity A drop serene hath quenched their orbs.
7. countable, poetic, uncountable Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled.
8. countable, rare, uncountable A sphere of action. By what fatality the orb of my genius […] acts upon these men like the moon upon a certain description of patients, it would be irksome to inquire
9. countable, uncountable A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power
10. countable, uncountable A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))
11. countable, uncountable A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
12. uncountable Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect. For example, an approaching transitioning aspect (i.e., for 120 degrees) is effective when it remains within 2 degrees of orb on either side of the perfect angle.

Similar: globe

verb orbs · orbing · orbed

1. poetic, transitive To form into an orb or circle. Let each His adamantine coat gird well, and each Fit well his helm, gripe fast his orbed shield
2. intransitive, poetic To become round like an orb.
3. poetic, transitive To encircle; to surround; to enclose. The wheels were orbed with gold.

noun orbs

1. A blank window or panel. small blank windows or panels, for in later times such panels were called orbs, blind windows

noun ORBs

1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of object request broker.object request broker
2. abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of operations record book (used by RAF).operations record book