Syncom

[sin-kom]

noun U.S. Aerospace.

one of a series of experimental communications satellites that were the first to be placed in geostationary orbit.

Origin of Syncom

syn(chronous) com(munications satellite)

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British Dictionary definitions for syncom

Syncom

noun

a communications satellite in stationary orbit

Word Origin for Syncom

C20: from syn (chronous) com (munication)

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