Drag and Orbit

Drag

Drag noun - Someone or something boring.

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Orbit and drag are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Orbit" instead a noun "Drag".

Nearby Words: dragged, dragline

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

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Drag and orbit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drag" instead a noun "Orbit".

Nearby Words: orbited, orbiting, orbital

high	high drag	high orbit
full	full drag	full orbit
low	low drag	low orbit
long	long drag	long orbit
Other adjectives: complete, proper, real, extreme, main, gravitational.

body	drag body	orbit body
way	drag way	orbit way
earth	drag earth	orbit earth
world	drag world	orbit world
Other words: hole, ship, moon, bodies.

He leaps out and falls from low orbit, using a door as a drag shield, and lands stunned for some hours, but still alive.

Source: Rocketless Reentry
In real life, a satellite's orbit decays due to drag from the outer atmosphere; a heavy satellite's orbit would decay more slowly than a light satellite's orbit.

Source: Film / Space Cowboys
As an initially circular orbit decays, the change in gravitational potential overcompensates for the energy lost to friction—until the drag force grows large enough.

Source: Space Friction

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