English-Thai Dictionary

orb

N วัตถุ ทรงกลม  wad-tu-song-klom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ORB

n.[L. orbis. ] 1. A spherical body; as the celestial orbs.
2. In astronomy, a hollow globe or sphere.
3. A wheel; a circular body that revolves or rolls; as the orbs of a chariot.
4. A circle; a sphere defined by a line; as, he move in a larger orb.
5. A circle described by any mundane sphere; an orbit.
6. Period; revolution of time.
7. The eye.
8. In tactics, the circular form of a body of troops, or a circular body of troops.
The ancient astronomers conceived the heavens as consisting of several vast azure transparent orbs or spheres inclosing one another, and including the bodies of the planets.

 

ORB

v.t.To form into a circle.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ORB

Orb, n. Etym: [OF. orb blind, fr. L. orbus destitute. ] (Arch. )

 

Defn: A blank window or panel. [Obs. ] Oxf. Gloss.

 

ORB

Orb, n. Etym: [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.

 

9. (Mil. )

 

Defn: A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.

 

Syn. -- Globe; ball; sphere. See Globe.

 

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 Orb, v. i.

 

Defn: To become round like an orb. [Poetic ] And orb into the perfect star. Tennyson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

orb

orb |ôrb ɔrb | ▶noun a spherical body; a globe. • a golden globe surmounted by a cross, forming part of the regalia of a monarch. • literary a celestial body. • (usu. orbs ) literary an eyeball; an eye. • Astrology a circle of up to 10 ° radius around the position of a celestial object: within an orb of 1 ° of Mars. ▶verb [ with obj. ] literary encircle; enclose. • form (something ) into an orb; make circular or globular. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a circle ): from Latin orbis ‘ring. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

orb

orb |ɔːb | ▶noun a spherical object or shape. • a golden globe surmounted by a cross, forming part of the regalia of a monarch. • literary a celestial body. • (usu. orbs ) literary an eye. • Astrology a circle of up to 10 ° radius around the position of a celestial object: within an orb of 1 ° of Mars. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a circle ): from Latin orbis ‘ring ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

orb

orb noun the hallway features a display of luminous orbs suspended at various lengths from the ceiling: sphere, globe, ball; spheroid, spherule; circle. WORD NOTE orbs Orbs reeks of mawkish adolescent poetry in almost every one of its surviving usages, and it is now obsolete in its previously strong astronomical sense —those concentric hollow spheres we once believed surrounded the earth and carried the planets and stars with them in their revolutions. It is never to be used as a synonym for eyes, particularly not in any attempts at feminine flattery unless hilarity is the desired result. Eyes are eyes. Circular and spherical forms are properly orbs, but there's rarely a compelling reason to call them such. — ZS Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

orb

orb noun the red orb of the sun sank beneath the horizon: sphere, globe, ball, circle, ring, spheroid, spherule, round.

 

Duden Dictionary

ORB

ORB Substantiv, maskulin , der |o |ɛrˈbeː |der ORB; Genitiv: des ORB [s ] O stdeutscher R undfunk B randenburg

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

orb

orb /ɔː r b /名詞 C 1 ｟文 ｠球, 球体 (sphere ) (!特に太陽 月を暗示 ) .2 (王 女王が儀式で所持する )宝珠 （ほうじゆ ） 〘金の装飾が施され, 権威を象徴 〙.3 ｟詩 ｠〖～s 〗目玉 .