Geostationary

Definition: Geostationary

Geostationary

Adjective

1. Of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth; "a geostationary satellite".

Specialty Definitions: Geostationary

Domain	Definitions
Electrical Engineering	An orbit in which a satellite is always in the same position(appears stationary)with respect to the rotating Earth. Source: European Union. (references)
Science	Describes an orbit in which a satellite is always in the same position (appears stationary) with respect to the rotating Earth. The satellite travels around the Earth in the same direction, at an altitude of approximately 35,790 km (22,240 statute miles) because that produces an orbital period equal to the period of rotation of the Earth (actually 23 hours, 56 minutes, 04.09 seconds). A worldwide network of operational geostationary meteorological satellites provides visible and infrared images of Earth's surface and atmosphere. The satellite systems include the U.S. GOES, METEOSAT(launched by the European Space Agency and operated by the European Weather Satellite Organization-EUMETSAT), the Japanese GMS and most commercial, telecommunications satellites. (references)
Space	A geosynchronous orbit in which the spacecraft is constrained to a constant latitude. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Geostationary

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
GEO	English	Geostationary earth observatories	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Geostationary

English words defined with "geostationary": communications satellite ♦ geostationary orbit. (references)

Specialty definitions using "geostationary": apogee boost motor, apogee kick motor, apogee kick stage, apogee motor ♦ co-location ♦ geostationary earth observatories, Geostationary Meteorological Satellite, ground track, GTO ♦ low earth orbit ♦ METEOSAT ♦ orbital test satellite ♦ satellite communications ♦ Visible/Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Geostationary

Domain	Title
Books	An Introduction to Mission Design for Geostationary Satellites (Space Technology Library) (reference) Communication Satellites in the Geostationary Orbit (reference) Geostationary Weather Remote Sensing Systems (reference) Handbook of Geostationary Orbits (Space Technology Library, Vol 3) (reference) Pine Gap: Australia and the Us Geostationary Signals Intelligence Satellite Program (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Geostationary

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Graphic showing Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Total System. Satellite shown is similar to early GOES.Credit: NOAA in Space.		GOES-1, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-1, lifts off aboard Delta Launch Vehicle 116.Credit: NOAA in Space.
	The first image obtained from a GOES satellite. These satellites are put in geostationary orbit over 22, 000 miles from Earth and continuously monitor a significant portion of a hemisphere of the Earth.Credit: NOAA in Space.
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Usage Frequency: Geostationary

"Geostationary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "Geostationary" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	95%	19	80,337
Noun (proper)	5%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	20	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Geostationary

Expressions using "geostationary": geostationary earth observatories ♦ geostationary orbit. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Geostationary

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
geostationary satellite	28
geostationary	6
geostationary orbit	5
geostationary satellite used	4
environmental geostationary operational satellite	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Geostationary

Language		Translations for "geostationary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		同步 (synchronisation, synchronise, synchronised, synchronising, synchronization, synchronize, synchronized, synchronizing). (various references)

Danish		geosynkron (geosynchronous), geostationær (geosynchronous), jordsynkron (geosynchronous). (various references)

Dutch		geosynkroon (geosynchronous), geosynchroon (geosynchronous), geosynchroom (geosynchronous). (various references)

Finnish		geostationaarinen (geosynchronous). (various references)

French		géosynchrone (geosynchronous). (various references)

German		geosynchron (geosynchronous). (various references)

Greek		γεωσύγχρονος (geosynchronous), γεωσταθερόσ. (various references)

Italian		orbita geostazionazia (geostationary orbit, geostationary satellite orbit), orbita di satellite geostazionario (geostationary orbit, geostationary satellite orbit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		静止軌�" (geostationary orbit, geosynchronous orbit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せいしきどう (geostationary orbit, geosynchronous orbit). (various references)

Pig Latin		eostationarygay

Portuguese		geossíncrono (geosynchronous). (various references)

Spanish		geosincrónico (geosynchronous). (various references)

Swedish		geostationär. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Geostationary

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-y"
	-2 letters: negotiators, negotiatory.
	-3 letters: aragonites, negotiator, stationary, stationery.
	-4 letters: aerations, agitators, antistory, aragonite, attainers, attorneys, estraying, gainsayer, gestation, gyrations, notoriety, orangiest, oystering, reattains, restating, retasting, rogations, rotations, signatory, stationer, tearstain, tetragons, yattering.
	-5 letters: aerating, aeration, aerostat, agitates, agitator, anergias, angaries, angriest, antisera, arginase, ariettas, aristate, arnattos, arnottos, astatine, astringe, attainer, attorney, estating, estragon, ganister, gantries.
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