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Definition of Rotation

1. Noun. The act of rotating as if on an axis. "The rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"

2. Noun. (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin.

3. Noun. A single complete turn (axial or orbital). "The revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"

4. Noun. A planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.). "The manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation"

Definition of Rotation

1. n. The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution.

2. a. Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.

Definition of Rotation

1. the act or an instance of rotating [n -S] : ROTATIVE [adj]

Medical Definition of Rotation

1. A movement in which the tooth turned along the long axis of the tooth. (08 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotation

rotary subluxation of scaphoid rotary wing rotas rotascope rotatable rotate rotate rotated rotates rotating

rotating anode rotating anode tube rotating mechanism rotating shaft rotation (current term) rotation (current term) rotational rotationally rotational axis rotational latency

rotational nystagmus rotational nystagmus rotational transform rotations rotation flap rotation therapy rotative rotative rotatively rotator

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