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tidally locked

tidally locked adjective: having undergone tidal locking.

Adjective

tidally locked (not comparable)

  1. Having undergone tidal locking.
    • Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kruban

Questions about tidally locked

What does tidally locked mean?
Tidally locked means having undergone tidal locking.
What part of speech is tidally locked?
Tidally locked is an adjective.

Words near tidally locked in the dictionary

  1. tidal waves
  2. tidalite
  3. tidalites
  4. tidality
  5. tidally
  6. tidally locked
  7. tidapathy
  8. Tidball
  9. tidbit
  10. tidbits
  11. Tidboald

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