Noun: rotation row'tey-shun
- The act of rotating as if on an axis
"the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music";
- rotary motion
- A single complete turn (axial or orbital)
"the plane made three rotations before it crashed";
- revolution, gyration
- (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
"The rotation of the triangle by 90 degrees changed its orientation"
- 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"
Derived forms: rotations
Type of: chronological sequence, chronological succession, motility, motion, move, movement, sequence, succession, successiveness, transformation, turn, turning
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