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Definition of Orbital rotation
1. Noun. Motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point. "Satellites in orbital rotation"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbital Rotation
Literary usage of Orbital rotation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Mount Weather Observatory, Bluemont, Va, Bluemont Mount Weather Observatory, Va, United States Weather Bureau (1910)
"Now a pendulum-like swing, or an orbital rotation of such a charge would produce
electromagnetic waves, whose manifestation at any given distant point must ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1902)
"... This orbital rotation of distinct charges of electricity about the mass of
the atom, like a close satellite about its planet, is capable of transforming ..."
3. Course in Elementary Physics by Charles Robert Cross (1873)
"But as this movement takes place OF evidently recedes, and so the orbital rotation
is continuous. Also since Of is inclined above the horizontal plane ..."
4. From Nebula to Nebula: Or, The Dynamics of the Heavens, Containing a Broad by George Henry Lepper (1917)
"Its period of rotation will be shortened, while the orbital rotation of the
planets will tend to become lengthened. Thus the equilibrium is disturbed; ..."
5. From Nebula to Nebula: Or, The Dynamics of the Heavens, Containing a Broad by George Henry Lepper (1919)
"... orbital rotation of the planets will tend to become lengthened. Thus the
equilibrium is disturbed; it is re-established again, because the planet is, ..."
6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... The endo isomer would be expected to be quite reactive, for the required
orbital rotation will relieve part of the strain caused by the central bond. ..."
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