rotation

Nouns

  • (n) the act of rotating as if on an axis
    • the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music
    rotary motion,
  • (n) (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
  • (n) a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
    • the plane made three rotations before it crashed
    • the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
    gyration, revolution,
  • (n) a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
    • crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil
    • the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation

Synonyms

rotary motion gyration revolution

Words of close approximity

rotational rotational latency rotationally rotational nystagmus