intransitive verb
co·ro·tat·ed, co·ro·tat·ing, co·ro·tatesTo rotate on an axis in the same period of time as it takes to orbit another object.
Related Forms:
- co′ro·ta′tion
noun
- co′ro·ta′tion·al
adjective
corotate
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present corotates, present participle corotating, simple past and past participle corotated)
- To rotate in conjunction with another object
Origin
co- +"Ž rotate
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