What is the tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis called?
orientation — The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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