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rotation
Found in thesaurus: motility, motion, move, movement, transformation, turn, turning, chronological sequence, chronological succession, succession, sequence, successiveness
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rotation
n.
revolution, one full turn; one full spin; instance of revolving or spinning; set order in which events take place
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Rotation
A rotation is a circular movement of an object around a center (or point) of rotation . A three-dimensional object always rotates around an imaginary line called a rotation axis. If the axis passes through the body's center of mass, the body is said to rotate upon itself, or spin. A rotation about an external point, e.g. the Earth about the Sun, is called a revolution or orbital revolution, typically when it is produced by gravity.
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rotation
Noun
1. the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"
(synonym) rotary motion
(hypernym) motion, movement, move, motility
(hyponym) circumvolution
(derivation) revolve, go around, rotate
2. (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
(hypernym) transformation
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
3. a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
(synonym) revolution, gyration
(hypernym) turning, turn
(hyponym) dextrorotation, clockwise rotation
4. a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.); "crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil"; "the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation"
(hypernym) sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession
(derivation) rotate
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Rotation (die)
nf.
revolution, one full turn, one full spin, instance of revolving or spinning; set order in which events take place
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rotation
nf.
rotation, spinning, turnround; motion, twirl
