どう
Meanings
Noun
1. 物体が一定の法則に従い描く道筋。
2. 列車などが通る道。
3. 物事が進行する一定の方向。
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
① 《《天文力学》》2つの天体が重力を及ぼしあって公転周期が簡単な整数比になる現象。
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.