"heliosynchronous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From helio- + synchronous. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|helio|synchronous}} helio- + synchronous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} heliosynchronous (not comparable)
  1. Describing an orbit around the Earth where each passage in the same direction along a given latitude will occur throughout the year at the same true solar time. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Orbits Synonyms: Sun-synchronous Translations (describing an orbit around the Earth): zonsynchroon (Dutch), aurinkosynkroninen (Finnish), héliosynchrone (French), eliosincrono (Italian)
    Sense id: en-heliosynchronous-en-adj-Slqh1Euh Disambiguation of Orbits: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with helio-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with helio-: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'describing an orbit around the Earth': 73 27
  2. Describing an orbit around the Sun in which the period of revolution is the same as the Sun's period of rotation. Tags: not-comparable Translations (describing an orbit around the Sun): heliosynkroninen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-heliosynchronous-en-adj-ZLxRGFvY Disambiguation of 'describing an orbit around the Sun': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heliosynchronous orbit Related terms: geostationary, geosynchronous, heliostationary
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