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Definition of Axis of rotation
1. Noun. The center around which something rotates.
Generic synonyms: Mechanism
Specialized synonyms: Pin, Pivot, Rotor Head, Rotor Shaft
Derivative terms: Axial
Definition of Axis of rotation
1. Noun. the axis about which any body rotates ¹
2. Noun. the line joining the North Pole and South Pole about which the Earth rotates daily ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Axis Of Rotation
Literary usage of Axis of rotation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elementary Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid by Edward John Routh (1905)
"If the axis Oz is not a principal axis at any point we shall prove that it cannot
be a permanent axis of rotation. To prove this we must practically return ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1892)
"The axis of rotation of the body will appear to change in a direction ...
The change of the apparent axis of rotation with the change of position of the ..."
3. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1893)
"A body rotating about a principal axis will preserve that axis as a permanent
axis of rotation so long as the body is subject to the action of no disturbing ..."
4. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1843)
"It follows, therefore, that if the earth's axis of rotation were at any time
stable, it would continue so for ever. But from the laws of fluid equilibrium ..."
5. The Advanced Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies by Edward John Routh (1905)
"It follows, from what precedes, that the axis of rotation will be nearly unchanged
throughout the motion. One consequence is that the resistance of the air ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1856)
"In the latter case the rule must be thus modified, that the free axis of rotation
tends to place itself parallel to the constrained axis of rotation, ..."
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