きどう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Astronomy
Physics
1. orbit; trajectory
Noun
2. railroad track
3. (right) track; proper course
Pitch accent
どう
Composed of
rut; wheel track; distance between two wheels; gauge
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
handcar railroad; handcar railway
trackless; reckless; dissipated
continuous track; caterpillar track
Examples (4 in total)
The artificial satellite was launched into orbit.
The orbit around Sirius is elliptical.
A satellite was launched into orbit to monitor melting glaciers.