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orbital rotation - motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point; "satellites in orbital rotation"

gyration, revolution, rotation - a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"

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The first was a modification of the conditioning stimuli: dim orange light and very slow orbital rotation. The second blocking stimulus tested consisted of rotating the tray containing the animals upside down and, after 5 s, rotating it upright again (rotational block).

Memory Consolidation in Hermissenda crassicornis

Because the yearly orbital rotation of the Earth about the Sun slightly effects [v.sub.C] [9] predictions for four months throughout the year are shown in Fig.

Novel Gravity Probe B frame-dragging effect

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