Usually means: Rotation speed varies with latitude.
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  1. Differential rotation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Differential Rotation: Extragalactic Astronomy

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Differential rotation)

noun:  seen when different parts of a rotating object move with different angular velocities (or rates of rotation) at different latitudes and/or depths of the body and/or in time.


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