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  ORB
       
          Object Request Broker
       
       

  Orb \Orb\, n. [F. orbe, fr. L. orbis circle, orb. Cf. Orbit.]
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     1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the
        celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
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              In the small orb of one particular tear. --Shak.
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              Whether the prime orb,
              Incredible how swift, had thither rolled. --Milton.
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     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.
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     3. A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit,
        described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
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              The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign
              eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs.
                                                    --Bacon.
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              You seem to me as Dian in her orb.    --Shak.
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              In orbs
              Of circuit inexpressible they stood,
              Orb within orb.                       --Milton.
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     4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a
        heavenly body. [R.] --Milton.
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     5. The eye, as luminous and spherical. [Poetic]
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              A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --Milton.
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     6. A revolving circular body; a wheel. [Poetic]
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              The orbs
              Of his fierce chariot rolled.         --Milton.
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     7. A sphere of action or influence. --Wordsworth.
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              But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. --Shak
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     8. Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See 1st Mound.
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     9. (Mil.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for
        defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
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     Syn: Globe; ball; sphere. See Globe.
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  Orb \Orb\ ([^o]rb), n. [OF. orb blind, fr. L. orbus destitute.]
     (Arch.)
     A blank window or panel. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
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  Orb \Orb\, v. i.
     To become round like an orb. [Poetic]
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           And orb into the perfect star.           --Tennyson.
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  Orb \Orb\ ([^o]rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orbed ([^o]rbd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Orbing.]
     1. To form into an orb or circle. [Poetic] --Milton.
        --Lowell.
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     2. To encircle; to surround; to inclose. [Poetic]
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              The wheels were orbed with gold.      --Addison.
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  ORB
       Object Request Broker (OMA, OMG, CORBA, ORB)
       
       

  Orb \Orb\, n. [OF. orb blind, fr. L. orbus destitute.] (Arch.)
     A blank window or panel. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.

  Orb \Orb\, n. [F. orbe, fr. L. orbis circle, orb. Cf. Orbit.]
     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. --Shak.
  
              Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had
              thither rolled.                       --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; esp., 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.    --Shak.
  
              In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood, Orb
              within orb.                           --Milton.
  
     4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a
        heavenly body. [R.] --Milton.
  
     5. The eye, as luminous and spherical. [Poetic]
  
              A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --Milton.
  
     6. A revolving circular body; a wheel. [Poetic]
  
              The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. --Milton.
  
     7. A sphere of action. [R.] --Wordsworth.
  
              But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. --Shak
  
     8. Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound.

  Orb \Orb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Orbing.]
     1. To form into an orb or circle. [Poetic] --Milton. Lowell.
  
     2. To encircle; to surround; to inclose. [Poetic]
  
              The wheels were orbed with gold.      --Addison.

  Orb \Orb\, v. i.
     To become round like an orb. [Poetic]
  
           And orb into the perfect star.           --Tennyson.

  orb
       n 1: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye [syn:
            eyeball]
       2: an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" [syn: ball,
           globe]

  orb
     Ρουμανικά a.
     τυφλός

  Orb
     Γαλλικά n.
     (τόπος fr ποταμός Γαλλία)

  orb
     Catalan a.
     blind
     Catalan n.
     a fungal disease of wheat and other cereals
     Estonian n.
     orphan
     Romanian a.
     blind
     Romanian n.
     blind man

  Orb
     Romanian n.
     (surname: ro)

  ORB
     n.
     1 (lb en software engineering) (initialism of en object request
  broker)
     2 (lb en historical military) (initialism of en operations record
  book) (q: used by RAF)

  orb
     n.
     1 A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial
  spheres; a sun, planet, or star
     2 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 (lb en architectural element) A structural motif or finial in the
  shape of a sphere
     4 An orbit of an heavenly body
     5 (lb en rare) The time period of an orbit
     6 (lb en poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity
     7 (lb en poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel
     8 (lb en rare) A sphere of action.
     vb.
     (lb en poetic transitive) To form into an orb or circle.
     n.
     (lb en architecture) A blank window or panel.

  ORB
     n.
     1 (lb en software engineering) (initialism of en object request
  broker)
     2 (lb en historical military) (initialism of en operations record
  book) (q: used by RAF)

  orb
     Estonian n.
     orphan
     n.
     1 A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial
  spheres; a sun, planet, or star
     2 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 (lb en architectural element) A structural motif or finial in the
  shape of a sphere
     4 An orbit of an heavenly body
     5 (lb en rare) The time period of an orbit
     6 (lb en poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity
     7 (lb en poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel
     8 (lb en rare) A sphere of action.
     vb.
     (lb en poetic transitive) To form into an orb or circle.
     n.
     (lb en architecture) A blank window or panel.

  Orb
     Romanian n.
     (surname: ro)

  ORB
     n.
     1 (lb en software engineering) (initialism of en object request
  broker)
     2 (lb en historical military) (initialism of en operations record
  book) (q: used by RAF)

  orb
     Estonian n.
     orphan
     n.
     1 A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial
  spheres; a sun, planet, or star
     2 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 (lb en architectural element) A structural motif or finial in the
  shape of a sphere
     4 An orbit of an heavenly body
     5 (lb en rare) The time period of an orbit
     6 (lb en poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity
     7 (lb en poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel
     8 (lb en rare) A sphere of action.
     vb.
     (lb en poetic transitive) To form into an orb or circle.
     n.
     (lb en architecture) A blank window or panel.

  ORB
     n.
     1 (lb en software engineering) (initialism of en object request
  broker)
     2 (lb en historical military) (initialism of en operations record
  book) (q: used by RAF)

  orb
     Englanti n.
     1 pallo
     2 valtakunnanomena

  orb
     n.
     oskarp rund figur som kan framträda på fotografier då partiklar (ofta
  damm) blir mer upplysta av kamerans blixt, på grund av att partiklarna
  då reflekterar ljus mellan objektivet och den optisk axel som samtidigt
  hamnat kraftigt ur fokus

  orb
     n.
     oskarp rund figur som kan framträda på fotografier då partiklar (ofta
  damm) blir mer upplysta av kamerans blixt, på grund av att partiklarna
  då reflekterar ljus mellan objektivet och den optisk axel som samtidigt
  hamnat kraftigt ur fokus

  Orb /ˈɔːb/
  الجرم السماوي

  orb //ɔɹb// //ɔːb// 
  кълбо, сфера
  spherical body

  orb /ˈɔːb/ 
  koule

  orb /ˈɔːb/ 
  oční bulva

  orb /ˈɔːb/
  Ball  [geh.]
           Note: kugelförmiges Objekt
        "the flaming orb of the sun"  - der glühende Ball der Sonne
        "Two orbs flashed around the room."  - Zwei Augenbälle überflogen den Raum.
   see: orbs
  
           Note: literary

  orb /ˈɔːb/
  Orbis 
           Note: Astrologie
           Note: astrology

  orb /ˈɔːb/
  Reichsapfel  [hist.]
     Synonym: imperial orb
  

  omnidirectional radar beacon /ˌɒmnɪdaɪɹˈɛkʃənəl ɹˈeɪdɑː bˈiːkən/ (ORB /ˈɔːb/)
  Rundstrahlbake 
           Note: Radar
        "omnidirectional radar beacons"  - Rundstrahlbaken
           Note: radar

  orb //ɔɹb// //ɔːb// 
  1. sfääri
  mythology: transparent sphere carrying the heavenly bodies
  2. pyörä
  poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel
  3. ympyrät
  sphere of action
  4. pallo
  spherical body

  orb /ˈɔːb/
  kugla

  orb /ˈɔːb/
  1. golyó
  2. földgolyó
  3. pálya (bolygóé)
  4. gyûrû
  5. szemgolyó
  6. kör
  7. világ
  8. földteke
  9. égitest
  10. szem
  11. gömb
  12. korong
  13. országalma
  14. teke
  15. teljes egész

  orb //ɔɹb// //ɔːb// 
  球体
  spherical body

  orb /ɔːrb/
  1. rutulys
     See also: globe
  
     See also: ball
  
  2. akies obuolys, akis

  orb //ɔɹb// //ɔːb// 
  klot
  spherical body

  orb /ˈɔːb/
  1. küre
  2. daire
  3. (şiir) göz
  4. küre şekline koymak
  5. (şiir) çevrelemek, kuşatmak.

  
/ˈɔɹb/

  133 Moby Thesaurus words for "orb":
     Aldebaran, Canicula, Dog Star, Hesper, Hesperus, Lucifer,
     North Star, Phosphor, Phosphorus, Polaris, Sirius, Venus, Vesper,
     ambit, area, arena, baby blues, bailiwick, ball, balloon,
     banjo eyes, beat, bladder, blob, boll, bolus, border, borderland,
     bright eyes, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, cap of dignity,
     cap of maintenance, celestial body, circle, circuit, clear eyes,
     comet, cornea, coronet, crown, daystar, demesne, department,
     diadem, discipline, domain, dominion, ellipsoid, ermine,
     evening star, eye, eyeball, eyelid, field, fixed stars, geoid,
     globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gob, gobbet,
     goggle eyes, great seal, heavenly body, hemisphere, iris,
     judicial circuit, jurisdiction, knob, knot, lamp, lens, lid,
     living sapphires, lodestar, march, morning star, naked eye,
     nictitating membrane, oblate spheroid, ocular, oculus, optic,
     optic nerve, orbit, orblet, organ of vision, pale, peeper, pellet,
     polar star, polestar, popeyes, precinct, privy seal,
     prolate spheroid, province, pupil, purple, purple pall, realm,
     regalia, retina, robe of state, rod, rod of empire, rondure, round,
     royal crown, saucer eyes, scepter, sclera, seal, signet, sphere,
     spheroid, spherule, starry host, starry orbs, stars, subdiscipline,
     tiara, triple plume, unaided eye, uraeus, visual organ, walk,
     winker
  
  

  n. 球,天体,圆形物;
  v. 弄圆,成球形,围著;

     n. 球,天体,圆形物
     vt. 弄圆,成球形,围着