untilt

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ tilt.

Verb

untilt (third-person singular simple present untilts, present participle untilting, simple past and past participle untilted)

1. (transitive) To restore to its original orientation, from a tilted orientation.
   • 1982, Howard S. Goldberg, Michael D. Scadron, Physics of Stellar Evolution and Cosmology, page 106:

     This giveaway allows astronomers to "untilt" the orbit and calculate its true dimensions.