rotation
IPA: roʊtˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
- A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
- A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
- (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
- (baseball) The set of starting pitchers of a team.
- (aviation) 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)
- Repeated play on a radio station, etc.
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Examples of "rotation" in Sentences
- Rotation is the movement about the axis of the body.
- The yaw axis is the only rotational degree of freedom.
- The acceleration is directed inward, toward the axis of rotation.
- The cutting edge is spaced from the axis of rotation of the body.
- An example of instantaneous axis of rotation is the hinge of a door.
- This is the torque free precession of the rotation axis of the rotor.
- This boosts the Moon in its orbit, and decelerates the rotation of the Earth.
- The central axis of the pendulum aligns with the axis of rotation of the Earth.