1. to rotate together with something else; to spin or revolve in the same direction and at the same rate as another object
Usage: technical; astronomy; physics

Examples

• The moon corotates with Earth, always showing the same face to our planet.
• In the binary star system, both stars corotate around their common center of mass.
• The satellite was designed to corotate with the planet to maintain a stable orbit.
• Tidal forces caused the moon to corotate with its parent body over millions of years.
• The two gears corotate at the same angular velocity when properly meshed.