tidal lock

C20159
concept

A tidal lock is a gravitational phenomenon in which an astronomical body's rotational period matches its orbital period around a partner, causing the same side to always face that partner.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
tidal lock canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: tidal lock
Generated description
A tidal lock is a gravitational phenomenon in which an astronomical body's rotational period matches its orbital period around a partner, causing the same side to always face that partner.

Instances (1)

Instance Via concept surface
Thames Lock, Weybridge