1. rotating together with something else at the same rate or in the same direction
Usage: technical; astronomy and physics

Examples

• The moon is in a corotating orbit with Earth, always showing the same face.
• In the corotating reference frame, the planets appear stationary relative to the star.
• The spacecraft entered a corotating trajectory to match the planet's spin.
• Corotating magnetic fields in the solar wind interact with Earth's magnetosphere.
• The binary stars maintain a corotating configuration as they orbit their common center of mass.