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GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("geosynchronous orbit" is a kind of...):
celestial orbit; orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geosynchronous orbit"):
geostationary orbit (a geosynchronous orbit that is fixed with respect to a position on the Earth)
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