detumbled
detumbled is the simple past and past participle of detumble.
Meaning of detumble
Verb
detumble (third-person singular simple present detumbles, present participle detumbling, simple past and past participle detumbled)
- 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
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- Detumbled is the simple past and past participle of detumble.
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