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clinorotation

clinorotation noun: rotation about an axis at so slow a rate that centrifugal force is so small as to be discounted.

Noun

clinorotation (uncountable)

  1. rotation about an axis at so slow a rate that centrifugal force is so small as to be discounted

Origin of clinorotation

From clino- + rotation.

Questions about clinorotation

What does clinorotation mean?
Clinorotation means rotation about an axis at so slow a rate that centrifugal force is so small as to be discounted.
What part of speech is clinorotation?
Clinorotation is a noun.

Words near clinorotation in the dictionary

  1. clinopyroxenites
  2. clinopyroxenitic
  3. clinorhombic
  4. clinorotated
  5. clinorotating
  6. clinorotation
  7. clinosafflorite
  8. clinoscope
  9. clinoscopes
  10. clinosporangia
  11. clinosporangium

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