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GEOSTATIONARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does geostationary mean?
• GEOSTATIONARY (adjective)
The adjective GEOSTATIONARY has 1 sense:
1. of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth
Familiarity information: GEOSTATIONARY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth
Context example:
a geostationary satellite
Similar:
fixed (securely placed or fastened or set)
Context examples
GOES-R, the first of NOAA’s highly advanced geostationary weather satellites, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:42 p.m. on November 19.
(GOES-R heads to orbit, will improve weather forecasting, NOAA)
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