"tidal locking" meaning in English

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        "The locking of the rotation of a satellite (moon or planet) to its orbit, such that one side always faces the body around which it is orbiting."
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        "(astronomy) The locking of the rotation of a satellite (moon or planet) to its orbit, such that one side always faces the body around which it is orbiting."
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥaraka tazāmuniyya",
          "sense": "locking",
          "word": "حَرَكَة تَزَامُنِيَّة"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "locking",
          "word": "潮汐鎖定"
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          "roman": "cháoxī suǒdìng",
          "sense": "locking",
          "word": "潮汐锁定"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "locking",
          "word": "vuorovesilukkiutuminen"
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          "sense": "locking",
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          "word": "verrouillage gravitationnel"
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          "sense": "locking",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "obrót synchroniczny"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prilívnyj zaxvát",
          "sense": "locking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "прили́вный захва́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "locking",
          "word": "acoplamiento de marea"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "locking",
          "word": "eşzamanlı dönüş"
        }
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        "tidal locking"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaraka tazāmuniyya",
      "sense": "locking",
      "word": "حَرَكَة تَزَامُنِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "locking",
      "word": "潮汐鎖定"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cháoxī suǒdìng",
      "sense": "locking",
      "word": "潮汐锁定"
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      "sense": "locking",
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      "sense": "locking",
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      "word": "obrót synchroniczny"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prilívnyj zaxvát",
      "sense": "locking",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прили́вный захва́т"
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      "sense": "locking",
      "word": "acoplamiento de marea"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "locking",
      "word": "eşzamanlı dönüş"
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