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untilt

untilt verb: to restore to its original orientation, from a tilted orientation.

Verb

untilt (third-person singular simple present untilts, present participle untilting, simple past and past participle untilted)

  1. (transitive) To restore to its original orientation, from a tilted orientation.
    • This giveaway allows astronomers to "untilt" the orbit and calculate its true dimensions.1982, Howard S. Goldberg, Michael D. Scadron, Physics of Stellar Evolution and Cosmology, page 106

Forms of untilt

third-person singular presentuntilts
present participleuntilting
past participleuntilted
pastuntilted

Origin of untilt

From un- + tilt.

Questions about untilt

What does untilt mean?
Untilt means to restore to its original orientation, from a tilted orientation.
What part of speech is untilt?
Untilt is a verb.
What is the past tense of untilt?
The past tense of untilt is untilted.

Words near untilt in the dictionary

  1. untiles
  2. untiling
  3. untill
  4. untillable
  5. untilled
  6. untilt
  7. untiltable
  8. untilted
  9. untilting
  10. untilts
  11. untimbered

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