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detumble (三人称単数 現在形 detumbles, 現在分詞 detumbling, 過去形および過去分詞形 detumbled)

1. (transitive, aeronautics, space) To prevent tumbling or spinning of (a satellite, an astronaut, etc.).
   • 1995, Jose Mira, From Natural to Artificial Neural Computation, page 315:

     The goal of the described control application is to detumble a satellite (reduce its kinetic energy) while achieving a desired orientation.