English
Noun
tidal locking (uncountable)
- (astronomy) 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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locking
- Arabic: حَرَكَة تَزَامُنِيَّة (ḥaraka tazāmuniyya)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 潮汐鎖定 / 潮汐锁定 (cháoxī suǒdìng)
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- Finnish: vuorovesilukkiutuminen (fi)
- French: verrouillage gravitationnel (fr) m
- Icelandic: bundin snúningshreyfing
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- Polish: obrót synchroniczny m
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- Russian: прили́вный захва́т (ru) m (prilívnyj zaxvát)
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- Spanish: acoplamiento de marea
- Turkish: eşzamanlı dönüş
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