どう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Astronomy
Physics
1. orbit; trajectory
Noun
2. railroad track
3. (right) track; proper course
Kanji used
tracks
roadway
Pitch accent
どう
Top 5700
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)
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
trackless; reckless; dissipated
to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit
geostationary orbit; geosynchronous orbit
continuous track; caterpillar track
low orbit; low earth orbit; LEO
handcar railroad; handcar railway
heliocentric orbit; circumsolar orbit
geosynchronous orbit
semi-major axis (esp. in orbital matters)
molecular orbital; MO
ICO; Intermediate Circular Orbit
semi-minor axis (esp. in orbital matters)
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.