Rotation

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act or process of turning around a center or an axis.
  • noun. A single complete cycle of such motion.
  • noun. A transformation of a coordinate system in which the new axes have a specified angular displacement from their original position while the origin remains fixed.
  • noun. Regular and uniform variation in a sequence or series.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The sequence in which the starting pitchers on a team pitch in games.
  • noun. The pitchers used in such a sequence.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In forestry, the period represented by the age of a forest, or a part of a forest, at the time when it is cut, or intended to be cut.
  • noun. The act of rotating or turning, or the state of being whirled round; the continuous motion of a solid body, as a wheel or sphere, about an axis, its opposite sides moving relatively to one another, as distinguished from the forward motion of the whole body in a circle or an ellipse independent of any relative motion of its parts, as that of the planets.
  • noun. A peculiar spiral movement of fluids observed within the cavity of certain vegetable cells, as in Chara and Vallisneria. See below.
  • noun. Serial or recurrent order; a round or sequence of one after another; a fixed or definite routine of succession; regularly recurring change.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Any return or succesion in a series.
  • noun. See Moment of inertia, under Moment.
  • noun. the practice of changing public officers at frequent intervals by discharges and substitutions.
  • noun. the practices of cultivating an orderly succession of different crops on the same land.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
  • noun. A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
  • noun. A regular variation in a sequence.
  • noun. An isometry that fixes precisely one point.
  • noun. The set of starting pitchers of a team.
  • noun. The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
  • noun. a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
  • noun. (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
  • noun. the act of rotating as if on an axis
  • Word Usage
    "My longest item in rotation is probably roast chicken with lemon and garlic."
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