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detumbles

detumbles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of detumble.

Meaning of detumble

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

Questions about detumbles

What is detumbles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Detumbles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of detumble.

Words near detumbles in the dictionary

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

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