geosynchronous

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   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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Questions about geosynchronous

What does geosynchronous mean?

geosynchronous means "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)".

How many syllables are in geosynchronous?

geosynchronous has 5 syllables: ge-o-synch-ro-nous. The stress falls on "synch".

Is geosynchronous a common word?

geosynchronous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.