spin rate

collocation in English

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spin
noun
uk
/spɪn/us
/spɪn/
the movement of something turning round ...
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rate
noun[C]
uk
/reɪt/us
/reɪt/
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a ...
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(Definition ofspinandratefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Previous work has shown that, far from encouraging axial stability, large moons actually destabilize obliquity when the effects of tidal drag on the planetaryspinrateare taken into account.
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During flight, the spacecraft was spin-stabilized with aspinrateof two revolutions per minute (rpm).
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A shorter distance indicates a faster twist, meaning that for a given velocity the projectile will be rotating at a higherspinrate.
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Both the orbit and thespinratewere changed.
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This precession is a process purely due to contact forces and does not depend on inertia and is not inversely proportional tospinrate.
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The apparatus is known for a paradoxical dramatic speed-up inspinrateas the disk loses energy and approaches a stopped condition.
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Thespinrateof the satellite was 1.8 s.
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Spinrateis almost 7 times per second.
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The spacecraft had aspinrateof 0.5 rps.
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These results suggest that one or more size-dependent mechanisms are depopulating the centre of thespinratedistribution in favour of the extremes.
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The spin axis direction was nearly perpendicular to the ecliptic plane, and thespinratewas 25.6 rpm.
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Propulsion system thrusters are fired only occasionally to make desired changes inspinrate, or in the spin-stabilized attitude.
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Projectiles made out of mono metals can not practically achieve flight and spin velocities such that they disintegrate in flight due to theirspinrate.
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The satellite maintained aspinrateof 812 rpm by the use of five diametrically opposed pairs of small, solid-fuel thrusters.
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Five small solid-fuel thrusters mounted on the baseplate provided a secondary means of controlling thespinrate.
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Separating will slow thespinrate, but will increase the acceleration measured at the ends.
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The longer the projectile is in relation to its diameter, the higher thespinratemust be to provide stability.
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It was spin-stabilized (nominalspinrate12 rpm) with its spin axis normal to the ecliptic plane.
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By now thespinratehad reached one revolution per second, giving the astronauts blurred vision, and putting them in danger of loss of consciousness.
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Measurements of thespinrateof this star at its equator have shown that it varies over time due to the effect of this magnetic field.
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