ORBIT

n. O'rb'iH. Lat., orbita (from orb is, a circle). Fr., orbite. Ger., Augenhohle. The eye-socket; a quadrilateral conical cavity, situated at the upper and anterior part of the face, with its base directed forward and outward and its apex backward and inward. It is composed of portions of the frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, superior maxillary, malar, lacrymal, and palate bones. [C; F.] ORBITAL,, adj. Oarb'ia-t'l. Lat., orbital is (from orbita, the orbit). Fr., orbitale, orbitaire. Ger., o., orbitar. Pertaining to the orbit. [F.] [s. 167]