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noun
- 1. the action of rotating about an axis or centre: "the moon moves in the same direction as the earth's rotation" Similar
- 2. the passing of a privilege or responsibility to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order: "it has become common for senior academics to act as heads of department in rotation" Similar
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The meaning of ROTATION is the action or process of rotating on or as if on an axis or center. How to use rotation in a sentence.
rotation. noun. uk / rəʊˈteɪ.ʃ ə n / us / roʊˈteɪ.ʃ ə n / rotation noun (CIRCULAR MOVEMENT) Add to word list. [ U ] movement in a circle around a fixed point: the speed of rotation. [ C ] a complete circular movement around a fixed point: rotation about The earth completes 366 rotations about its axis in every leap year.
Rotation or rotational motion is the circular movement of an object around a central line, known as an axis of rotation. A plane figure can rotate in either a clockwise or counterclockwise sense around a perpendicular axis intersecting anywhere inside or outside the figure at a center of rotation.
noun. the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis. Astronomy. the movement or path of the earth or a heavenly body turning on its axis. one complete turn of such a body. regularly recurring succession, as of officials. Agriculture. crop rotation. Mathematics. an operation that rotates rotate a geometric figure about a fixed point.
When something turns like a wheel, over and over again, it's in rotation. You can't feel the earth's rotation even though you know it's happening.
The rotation of a group of things or people is the fact of them taking turns to do a particular job or serve a particular purpose. If people do something in rotation, they take turns to do it.
rotation. (rəʊˈteɪʃən) n. 1. the act of rotating; rotary motion. 2. a regular cycle of events in a set order or sequence. 3. (Agriculture) a planned sequence of cropping according to which the crops grown in successive seasons on the same land are varied so as to make a balanced demand on its resources of fertility. 4. (Mathematics) maths.
