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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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orbit eye-socket XVI; path of a heavenly body XVII. — L.
orbita wheel-track, course, path (of the moon), in medL. eye-cavity, sb. use of fem. of
orbitus circular, f.
orbis,
orb- ORB.
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Orbit Semiconductor acquires KMOS Semiconductor strengthening its ENCORE! gate array program with acquisition of a family of mixed-signal gate arrays.
Business Wire; 6/28/1995; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1995--Orbit Semiconductor Inc. (NASDAQ: ORRA...commercial and communications markets. Orbit has acquired all of the outstanding capital...KMOS in exchange for one million shares of Orbit common stock. The transaction has been...
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Orbit Baby Experiences Substantial Year-Over-Year Sales Growth.
PR Newswire; 7/21/2009; 700+ words
; ...innovative, environmentally friendly Orbit Baby products NEWARK, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbit Baby Inc., makers of thoughtfully designed...substantial growth for the entire family of Orbit Baby products including the proprietary...
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Orbit Semiconductor Increases Manufacturing Capability with Acquisition of Fab From Paradigm Technology; With sub-micron technology, Orbit enhances its prototyping and high reliability process services and expands the density in its ENCORE! gate array conversion program.
Business Wire; 11/18/1996; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1996--Orbit Semiconductor, Inc. (Orbit), a wholly owned subsidiary of The DII Group...0.6 micron process technology. In addition, Orbit has established a relationship with Chartered Semiconductor...
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ORBIT Systems, Inc. Acquires Assets of Voyageur IT.
PR Newswire; 8/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...For more information regarding ORBIT Systems, please call 651-767...their website at http://www.orbits.net/. CONTACT: ORBIT Systems, Inc., +1-651...651-686-9201, contactus@orbits.net Web Site: http://www...
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Orbit's Australian Partner Obtains Financing For Voice-Over-Internet Network.
PR Newswire; 8/29/2001; 700+ words
; Beginning of global Orbit system TORONTO, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ - Orbit Canada Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orbit E-Commerce (OECI-OTCBB), today announced that its Australian partner, ITSP Australia Pty. Ltd., has obtained...
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Orbit Sends Subscribers to Hollywood And Brings the Best of Hollywood to Subscribers' Homes
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 6/27/2005; 700+ words
; In an unprecedented event, Orbit, the Middle East's leading Pay TV...of a thrilling on-air competition, Orbit will be announcing the lucky winners...Planet Hollywood restaurant. Ali Ajouz, Orbit's VP of Marketing and PR said "The...
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Orbit Communications ready to lift off in Middle East. (Orbit Communications Co.)
Magazine article from: Multichannel News; 5/16/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...s first fully digital service. Whether Orbit Communications Co. is the first direct...else. Both the Middle Eastern service Orbit and the U.S. alliance of Thomson Consumer...regular service before the end of May. Orbit's scheduled start of service, says Timothy...
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Orbit E-Commerce Signs Sales and Marketing Agreement with TeleWrx.
Business Wire; 2/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2002 Orbit E-Commerce, Inc. ("the Company...this agreement, TeleWrx will distribute Orbit's award-winning VoIP long distance...the United States and Canada -- wherever Orbit establishes Points of Presence ("POPs...
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Orbit Acquisition, L.L.C. Acquires Assets of Orbit I.G. Trading Company
PR Newswire; 9/29/1997; 700+ words
; ...29 /PRNewswire/ -- A new company, Orbit Acquisition, L.L.C., has purchased the assets of Orbit I.G. Trading Company, one of the Midwest...the purchase at a September 22 hearing. Orbit Acquisition will operate under the name...
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ORBIT E-COMMERCE DEBUTS 2 NEW VOIP GATEWAYS IN FAR EAST.
Newspaper article from: Worldwide Telecom; 1/1/2002; 700+ words
; Orbit E-Commerce, Inc. (OTCBB:OECI), Toronto, has...in the Far East. These gateways substantially lower Orbit's cost of delivery of long-distance traffic to the region. Orbit is already deriving retail revenue from its Asian gateways...
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Orbits
Book article from: Space Sciences
...a trajectory known as an orbit. Orbits require a specific range...years out of each 248-year orbit. Asteroid orbits can be more eccentric, particularly...hours to complete a single orbit. Special Classes of Orbits There are several special...
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orbit
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...asteroids, and comets orbit the sun and satellites orbit the planets and other bodies. Planetary Orbits From earliest times...and space probes. The orbits of comets are very elongated...hyperbolic. When the orbit of a newly discovered...
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Orbit
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...such as a star, the orbit is in the shape of...hyperbolic. Most orbits are elliptical...their elliptical orbits; these make small...Earth ’ s orbit most are Venus...into an independent orbit around the sun...explain irregular orbits. The orbits of artificial...
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Orbit, William
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
William Orbit Producer, remixer For the Record… Selected discography Sources William Orbit may be the opposite of what most people...as he is an artist in his own right. But Orbit does have a hit record to his credit...
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transfer orbit
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
transfer orbit The path followed by a spacecraft when moving from one orbit (the departure orbit) to another (the destination orbit). For example, the transfer orbit of a spacecraft from Earth to Mars intersects the Earth's orbit and the...
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