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ALL meanings of rotation

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  • noun rotation turning on an axis 1
  • noun rotation alternating sequence 1
  • noun rotation the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis. 1
  • noun rotation Astronomy. the movement or path of the earth or a heavenly body turning on its axis. one complete turn of such a body. 1
  • noun rotation regularly recurring succession, as of officials. 1
  • noun rotation Agriculture. crop rotation. 1
  • noun rotation Mathematics. an operation that rotates a geometric figure about a fixed point. curl (def 14). 1
  • noun rotation Pool. a game in which the balls are played in order by number. 1
  • noun rotation Baseball. pitching rotation. 1
  • variable noun rotation Rotation is circular movement. A rotation is the movement of something through one complete circle. 0
  • uncountable noun rotation 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. 0
  • noun rotation the act of rotating; rotary motion 0
  • noun rotation a regular cycle of events in a set order or sequence 0
  • noun rotation 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 0
  • noun rotation a circular motion of a configuration about a given point or line, without a change in shape 0
  • noun rotation a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin 0
  • noun rotation the spinning motion of a body, such as a planet, about an internal axis 0
  • noun rotation one complete turn in such motion 0
  • noun rotation a rotating or being rotated 0
  • noun rotation the spinning motion around the axis of a celestial body 0
  • noun rotation regular and recurring succession of changes 0
  • noun rotation a game in which the balls must be pocketed in the order of their numbers 0
  • noun rotation Rotation is the movement of a body around a center. 0
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