tidal locking en · NOUN
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- (uncountable) The locking of the rotation of a satellite (moon or planet) to its orbit, such that one side always faces the body around which it is orbiting.
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is bundin snúningshreyfing (locking) · tr eşzamanlı dönüş (locking) · cmn 潮汐鎖定 /潮汐锁定 (locking) · pl rotacja synchroniczna (locking) · ru прили́вный захва́т (locking) · ar حَرَكَة تَزَامُنِيَّة (locking) · fi vuorovesilukkiutuminen (locking) · es acoplamiento de marea (locking) · fr verrouillage gravitationnel (locking) · pl obrót synchroniczny (locking)