Arc and Orbit

Arc

Arc noun - Something that curves or is curved.

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Orbit and arc are semantically related in round topic. In some cases you can use "Orbit" instead the word "Arc" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: arch, arcing, arced

Orbit noun - The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another.

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Arc and orbit are semantically related in round topic. Sometimes you can use "Arc" instead the word "Orbit" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: orbited, orbiting, orbital

full	full arc	full orbit
long	long arc	long orbit
particular	particular arc	particular orbit
similar	similar arc	similar orbit
Other adjectives: complete, current, original, strong, entire, real, main, new, different, planned.

land	arc land	orbit land
projectiles	arc projectiles	orbit projectiles

In City of Heroes, the final battle of the "Who Will Die" story arc takes place on an island the villain has levitated into Earth orbit.

Source: Astral Finale
After a test flight involving Ham the Chimp, Alan Shepard (who went into space on a ballistic arc without actually orbiting) and John Glenn (the first American in orbit) made their famous flights.

Source: Useful Notes / NASA
Dallas Barr: Similar to the Cowboy Bebop example, an arc from this near-future Belgian comic had the hero stuck in orbit, only to be rescued by a Fiction500 friend who had anticipated the problem, and had quickly bought and refurbished a mothballed Soviet rocket.

Source: Break Out the Museum Piece