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geostationary en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English stationary English geostationary From geo- + stationary.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) At a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's surface; generally only possible with orbital satellites.
    • The measurement is accomplished by observing the Faraday rotation angle of signals from geostationary satellites on a continuous basis. 1971, Thomas A. Croft, Measurement of a Solar Wind Plasma Stream which Endures Several Months But is Intermittent on a Time Scale of about One Day:

Deriveds

nongeostationary

Relateds

heliosynchronous · geosynchronous · heliostationary

Translations (13)

ca geostacionari (fixed distance orbit) · nl geostationair (fixed distance orbit) · fr géostationnaire (fixed distance orbit) · ms geopegun (fixed distance orbit) · vi địa tĩnh (fixed distance orbit) · de geostationär (fixed distance orbit) · ja 静止 (fixed distance orbit) · cs geostacionární (fixed distance orbit) · fi geostationaarinen (fixed distance orbit) · hi भूस्थिर कक्षा (fixed distance orbit) · id geostasioner (fixed distance orbit) · it geostazionario (fixed distance orbit) · ru геостациона́рный (fixed distance orbit)