geostationary
geostationary adjective: at a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's surface; generally only possible with orbital satellites.
Adjective
geostationary (not comparable)
- At a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's surface; generally only possible with orbital satellites.
- The measurement is accomplished by observing the Faraday rotation angle of signals from geostationary satellites on a continuous basis.1971, Thomas A. Croft, Measurement of a Solar Wind Plasma Stream which Endures Several Months But is Intermittent on a Time Scale of about One Day
geostationary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malay and Indonesian
geostationary in Hindi
- fixed distance orbit
- भूस्थिर कक्षा bhūsthir kakṣā
geostationary in Tamil
- புவி நிலை வட்டம்
geostationary in Malay
- fixed distance orbit
- geopegun
geostationary in Indonesian
- fixed distance orbit
- geostasioner
More languagesFewer languages
- geostationary in Vietnamese
- địa tĩnh
Origin of geostationary
From geo- + stationary.
Words formed from geostationary
Questions about geostationary
- What does geostationary mean?
- Geostationary means at a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's surface; generally only possible with orbital satellites.
- What is geostationary in Hindi?
- Geostationary in Hindi is भूस्थिर कक्षा (bhūsthir kakṣā). See Geostationary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is geostationary?
- Geostationary is an adjective.
Words near geostationary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: geostationary (page history and authors); geostationary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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