"deorbit" meaning in English

See deorbit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: deorbits [plural]
Etymology: From de- + orbit. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|de-|orbit}} de- + orbit Head templates: {{en-noun}} deorbit (plural deorbits)
  1. The act or process of leaving orbit. Categories (topical): Aerospace Translations (the act or process of leaving orbit): deorbitace [feminine] (Czech), désorbitation [feminine] (French), deorbitazione [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-deorbit-en-noun-O2S77JuP Disambiguation of Aerospace: 73 16 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 21 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 33 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 28 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 19 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 49 41 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 28 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 56 32 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 63 27 10

Verb

Forms: deorbits [present, singular, third-person], deorbiting [participle, present], deorbited [participle, past], deorbited [past]
Etymology: From de- + orbit. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|de-|orbit}} de- + orbit Head templates: {{en-verb}} deorbit (third-person singular simple present deorbits, present participle deorbiting, simple past and past participle deorbited)
  1. (transitive) To cause to leave orbit. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to leave orbit): deorbitovat (Czech), suistaa radaltaan (Finnish), désorbiter (French) Translations (to leave orbit): deorbitovat (Czech), suistua radaltaan (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-deorbit-en-verb-~Ze33zvc Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 49 41 10 Disambiguation of 'to cause to leave orbit': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'to leave orbit': 62 38
  2. (intransitive) Of an orbiting object, such as a satellite, to leave orbit. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-deorbit-en-verb-NoRvIQOm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deorbit burn

Inflected forms

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