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detumble

detumble verb: to prevent tumbling or spinning of (a satellite, an astronaut, etc.).

Verb

detumble (third-person singular simple present detumbles, present participle detumbling, simple past and past participle detumbled)

  1. (transitive) To prevent tumbling or spinning of (a satellite, an astronaut, etc.).
    • The goal of the described control application is to detumble a satellite (reduce its kinetic energy) while achieving a desired orientation.1995, Jose Mira, From Natural to Artificial Neural Computation, page 315

Forms of detumble

third-person singular presentdetumbles
present participledetumbling
past participledetumbled
pastdetumbled

Origin of detumble

From de- + tumble.

Questions about detumble

What does detumble mean?
Detumble means to prevent tumbling or spinning of (a satellite, an astronaut, etc.).
What part of speech is detumble?
Detumble is a verb.
What is the past tense of detumble?
The past tense of detumble is detumbled.

Words near detumble in the dictionary

  1. detubularize
  2. detubularized
  3. detubulate
  4. detubulated
  5. detubulation
  6. detumble
  7. detumbled
  8. detumbles
  9. detumbling
  10. detumesce
  11. detumesced

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