Definitions for Rotation
roʊˈteɪ ʃənro·ta·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. rotation, rotary motionnoun

   the act of rotating as if on an axis

   "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"

2. rotationnoun

   (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

3. rotation, revolution, gyrationnoun

   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. rotationnoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. rotationnoun

   The act of turning around a centre or an axis.

   The earth's rotation about its axis is responsible for its being slightly oblate rather than a sphere.

2. rotationnoun

   A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.

   Earth's moon completes a rotation every twenty-seven days or so.

3. rotationnoun

   A regular variation in a sequence.

4. rotationnoun

   An isometry that fixes precisely one point.

   The function mapping (x,y) to (uE000160810uE001y,x) is a rotation.

5. rotationnoun

   The set of of a team.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rotation

   Rotation, or spin, is the circular movement of an object around a central axis. A two-dimensional rotating object has only one possible central axis and can rotate in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. A three-dimensional object has an infinite number of possible central axes and rotational directions. If the rotation axis passes internally through the body's own center of mass, then the body is said to be autorotating or spinning, and the surface intersection of the axis can be called a pole. A rotation around a completely external axis, e.g. the planet Earth around the Sun, is called revolving or orbiting, typically when it is produced by gravity, and the ends of the rotation axis can be called the orbital poles.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rotation

   Rotation refers to the movement or circular motion of an object, element, or entity around a center or axis. It could occur in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional spaces. This term is commonly used in various fields like physics, mathematics, astronomy, and more. Rotation can also refer to a specific turn or cycle in a sequence or order of events.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Rotationnoun

   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

2. Rotationnoun

   any return or succesion in a series

3. Rotationadjective

   pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity

4. Etymology: [L. rotatio: cf. F. rotation.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Rotation

   A rotation is a circular movement of an object around a center of rotation. A three-dimensional object rotates always around an imaginary line called a rotation axis. If the axis is within the body, and passes through its 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.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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)

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rotation

   The motion of a body about its axis.

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   • Sequence
   • Transformation
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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rotation in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rotation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Rotation in a Sentence

1. Dennis McCarthy:

   If you're a really good passer in football, you line up the axis of rotation with the axis of symmetry of the football, and it doesn't wobble.

2. Art Hogan:

   You want to see sector rotation into the laggards, what we've seen is enough good news to say we're not going into recession. This is a short-term top in a longer-term bull market.

3. Dennis Rose:

   The rotation out of exporters to more domestically focused stocks and sectors, in Italy or Spain for example, has more to go.

4. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:

   We've seen before, in Ukraine, Russia talking about a withdrawal, and then it turned out to be merely a rotation of forces.

5. Hermes Gadelha:

   Human sperm figured out if they roll as they swim, much like playful otters corkscrewing through water, their one-sided stroke would average itself out, and they would swim forwards, the rotation of the sperm is something that is very important. It's something that allows the sperm to regain a symmetry and actually be able to go straight.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Rotation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rotation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Rotation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotation
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Rotation
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Rotation
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Rotation