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tidal locking en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (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.

Deriveds

tidally locked

Hypernyms

locking

Relateds

synchronous rotation

Translations (10)

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)