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1. (n.) rotation
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
2. rotation
the movement or path of the earth or a heavenly body turning on its axis.
3. rotation
one complete turn of such a body.
4. rotation
regularly recurring succession, as of people performing a job.
Etymology: (1545–55; < L rotātiō=rotā(re) (see rotate1) +-tiō -tion)
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| Definition of 'rotation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rotation, rotary motion
the act of rotating as if on an axis
"the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"
2. (noun) rotation
(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
3. (noun) rotation, revolution, gyration
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"
4. (noun) rotation
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"
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1. (noun) rotation
the action of rotating in a circle
the gymnast's rotations in the air
2. rotation
the process or schedule of rotating people in a job
I exchanged places with someone else in the rotation.
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| Definition of 'rotation' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) rotation
pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity
2. (noun) rotation
the act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution
3. (noun) rotation
any return or succesion in a series
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. rotation
Motion of an object in which either one or more points on a line are fixed. It is also the motion of a particle about a fixed point. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
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Sense: to turn like a wheel
He rotated the handle; The earth rotates.
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 Afrikaans: draai, rotasie |
 Arabic: دَوَران |
 Bulgarian: въртене |
 Brazilian: rotação |
 Czech: otáčení |
 German: die Drehung |
 Danish: omdrejning; rotation |
 Greek: περιστροφή |
 Spanish: rotación |
 Estonian: pöörlemine |
 Farsi: چرخش |
 Finnish: kierto |
 French: rotation |
 Hebrew: סִיבּוּב |
 Hindi: चक्कर |
 Croatian: rotacija, okretanje |
 Hungarian: (tengely körüli) forgás |
 Indonesian: putaran |
 Icelandic: snúningur |
 Italian: rotazione |
 Japanese: 回転 |
 Korean: 회전 |
 Lithuanian: sukimasis ratu, rotacija |
 Latvian: rotācija; griešanās |
 Malay: pusingan |
 Dutch: draaiing |
 Norwegian: rotering, omdreining, rot |
 Polish: obrót |
 Persian: چرخش |
 Pashto: څرخ |
 Portuguese: rotação |
 Romanian: rotaţie |
 Russian: вращение |
 Slovak: otáčanie, krúženie, pravi |
 Slovenian: vrtenje |
 Serbian: rotacija |
 Swedish: rotation |
 Thai: การหมุนรอบ |
 Turkish: dönme, rotasyon |
 Taiwanese: 旋轉 |
 Ukrainian: обертання |
 Urdu: گردش |
 Vietnamese: sự quay |
 Chinese: 旋转 |
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