Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having a rate of revolution that matches the rotation period of Mars, and thus remaining over the same point on that planet's surface. (of the orbit of a satellite).
[…] the ships dropped a string of comm-relay satellites in areosynchronous orbit.
I can’t think of her [the spaceship] as an object. Not when I’m living inside her, sailing serenely along in areosynchronous orbit.
Use areosynchronous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Areosynchronous means Having a rate of revolution that matches the rotation period of Mars, and thus remaining over the same point on that planet's surface. (of the orbit of a satellite).
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] the ships dropped a string of comm-relay satellites in areosynchronous orbit.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.