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rotation

noun
/ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotātiō. By surface analysis, rotate + -ion.

  1. borrowed from rotātiō

Definitions

  1. The act of turning around a centre or an axis.

    • An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
    • The earth's rotation about its axis is responsible for its being slightly oblate rather than a sphere.

  2. A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.

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

  3. A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a…

    A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.

    • Applying crop rotation to a field avoids depleting soil nutrients the way repeated use of a single crop might do.
    • In rotation, each member of the group would be responsible for the beacon fire.
    • The medical resident finished a two-week rotation in pediatrics and began one in orthopaedics.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of…

      Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.

    2. An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.

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

    3. The set of starting pitchers of a team.

    4. The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off…

      The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2)

    5. Repeated play of songs on a radio station, advertisements on a television channel, etc.

      • The new single enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV.

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Derived

antirotation, autorotation, axis of rotation, birotation, Borggreve rotation, circumrotation, clinorotation, contrarotation, corotation, counterrotation, crop rotation, cyclorotation, derotation, dextrorotation, double rotation, egorotation, electrorotation, endorotation, Euler's rotation theorem, exorotation, Faraday rotation, gyrorotation, improper rotation, isorotation, job rotation, levorotation, lunar rotation, magnetorotation, malrotation, microrotation, misrotation, mutarotation, nonrotation, Norfolk crop rotation, Norfolk rotation, optical rotation, overrotation, prerotation, pseudorotation, race rotation · +16 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rotation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01rotation02axis03basis04underlying05fundamental06periodic07cycles08cycle

A definitional loop anchored at rotation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at rotation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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