noun
- Plural of corotation; instances or periods in which two or more objects rotate together at the same angular velocity, or the state of rotating in synchronization.
Usage: technical; astronomy; physics
Examples
- The corotations of the binary star system kept the two stars locked in a gravitational dance.
- Astronomers observed multiple corotations within the galaxy's spiral arms.
- The planet's corotations with its moon resulted in tidal locking.
- In fluid dynamics, corotations can occur when vortices move together at the same rate.
- The study examined corotations in rotating disk systems.