Orb or Orbs may refer to:
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Sphere
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Globus Cruciger
The ''globus cruciger'' ( for, , Latin, cross-bearing orb), also known as "the orb and cross", is an orb surmounted by a cross. It has been a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages, used on coins, in iconography, and with a scept ...
Ceremonial Orb
Places and rivers
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Orb (river), in southern France
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Orb (Kinzig), a tributary of the Kinzig river in Germany
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Bad Orb
Bad Orb (; "Thermae on the Orb River") is a spa town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district of Hesse, Germany. It is situated east of Hanau between the forested hills of the Spessart. Bad Orb has a population of over 10,000. Its economy is dominate ...
, a town in Hesse, Germany
Literature, radio, film, television
* Orb Kaftan, a character from the ''
Incarnations of Immortality
''Incarnations of Immortality'' is the name of an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony. The books each focus on one of eight supernatural "offices" ( Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Evil, Good, and Night) in a fictional reality and ...
'' novel series by Piers Anthony
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Orb (comics), a Marvel Comics villain
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"Orb" (''Adventure Time''), a television episode
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Orb Publications, an Australian publishing company
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Orb Speculative Fiction
Orb Publications is a publisher based in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine ''Orb Speculative Fiction''.
History
Orb Publications began publishing the ''Orb Speculative Fiction'' maga ...
'', an Australian magazine
* Orbs, sacred objects of the
Bajoran species in the TV series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
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Orbing
''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadcast by ...
, a magical form of teleportation in the television show ''Charmed''
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Ultraman Orb'', a 2016 Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series
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Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg
Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB; ''East German Broadcasting Brandenburg''), based in Potsdam, was the public broadcaster for the German federal state of Brandenburg from 12 October 1991 until 30 April 2003. It was a member organization of ...
, a former German public broadcasting organization
Music
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The Orb, a British electronic music group
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O.R.B. (band)
The Original Rudeboys (O.R.B.) are an acoustic pop/ hip hop group from Dublin. They are notable for their debut album ''This Life'' which was released in 2012 and debuted at number one on the Irish iTunes Charts, and their single "Stars in My ...
(formerly The Original Rude Boys), an Irish acoustic group
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Orbs (band)
Ashley "Ellyllon" Jurgemeyer (born July 30, 1984) is an American pianist, keyboardist and songwriter for the band Orbs and was the former pianist of symphonic black metal bands Abigail Williams and of Cradle of Filth.
Biography
Ashley Jurgeme ...
, a rock group featuring members of Between the Buried and Me and Fear Before the March of Flames
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''Orb'' (Boiled in Lead album), 1990
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''Orb'' (Alastair Galbraith album), 2007
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The Oak Ridge Boys, a country music group
Computing
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Object request broker, a distributed computing concept
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Orb (software), a streaming media application
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Castlewood Orb Drive, a 3.5-inch removable hard disk drive
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Oriented FAST and rotated BRIEF (ORB), an image processing method
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Open Relay Behavior-modification System (ORBS), a defunct system for blocking suspected Internet spam sites
Celestial matters
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Orb (astrology), a measurement of object interaction
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Celestial orb, a central concept in ancient and early-modern astronomy
Transport
* ORB, IATA code for
Örebro Airport in Sweden
* ORB, FAA code for
Orr Regional Airport in Minnesota
* ORB, Amtrak code for
Old Orchard Beach station in Maine
* ORBS, former ICAO code for
Baghdad International Airport
Business
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ORB International, a London-based polling agency
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Orbital Sciences Corporation (former NYSE stock ticker: ORB)
Other
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O-ring boss seal, a hydraulic fitting
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Organic radical battery, a type of rechargeable battery
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Globus cruciger
The ''globus cruciger'' ( for, , Latin, cross-bearing orb), also known as "the orb and cross", is an orb surmounted by a cross. It has been a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages, used on coins, in iconography, and with a sceptre ...
'', an orb-and-cross symbol of Christian authority
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Sovereign's Orb, a Crown Jewel of the United Kingdom
* The trademarked symbol printed on genuine
Harris Tweed
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O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base'', a 2002 computer game
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Orb web
A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word '' coppe'', meaning "spider") is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.
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, a type of spider web
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Orb (horse), the winner of the 2013 Kentucky Derby
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Orb (optics), a type of photographic imperfection
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Yard globe
* "The orb", a symbolic object featured during the 2017
Arab Islamic American Summit
The 2017 Riyadh summit ( ar, قمة الرياض 2017) was a series of three summits held on 20–21 May 2017 on the occasion of the visit of United States President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia, his first trip overseas. The summit included one ...
See also
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Orbis (disambiguation)
Orbis may refer to:
Companies
* Orbis Business Intelligence, a British private intelligence firm
* Orbis Technology, a British bookmaker software company now called OpenBet
* Orbis (Polish travel agency), a Polish travel agency, established in 1 ...
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