Usually means: Orbital period equals rotational period.
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  1. synchronous rotation: Infoplease Dictionary
  2. synchronous rotation: Dictionary.com
  3. Synchronous Rotation, Synchronous rotation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. synchronous rotation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. synchronous rotation: Wiktionary

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  1. synchronous rotation: Encyclopedia

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  1. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Synchronous Rotation: Extragalactic Astronomy
  3. synchronous rotation: Nine Planets Glossary

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  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (synchronous rotation)

noun:  (astronomy) The situation in which an astronomical body takes just as long to rotate around its own axis as it does to revolve around its partner.

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