geosynchronous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective geosynchronous has 1 sense

geosynchronous(s = adj.all) - of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth);

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

geosynchronous, adj. (of an artificial satellite of the earth) moving in an orbit equal to the earth's period of rotation (see also GEOSTATIONARY).