GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT

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 I. (noun) 

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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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