rotation
- the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- Astronomy.
- the movement or path of the earth or a heavenly body turning on its axis.
- one complete turn of such a body.
- regularly recurring succession, as of officials.
- Agriculture. crop rotation.
- Mathematics.
- an operation that rotates a geometric figure about a fixed point.
- curl(def 14).
- Pool. a game in which the balls are played in order by number.
- Baseball. pitching rotation.
Origin of rotation
Related Words for rotational
whirling, spinning, whirligig, revolving, vertiginous, gyral, gyratory, rotating, rotational, rotatory, rotary, rotative, vortical, vorticoseExamples from the Web for rotational
Historical Examples of rotational
The rotational speed of Earth at this latitude is seven-seven-eight.
Space TugMurray Leinster
The total, however, of the rotational moment of momentum of the system barely reaches two per cent.
Time and TideRobert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
What, then, is the effect of the rotational velocity of the surface of the earth on the atmosphere near to it?
Aether and GravitationWilliam George Hooper
This rotational motion is also found in the nebul and star clusters as well as in the stars and planets.
Astronomy for Young FolksIsabel Martin Lewis
It is important to distinguish between two types of strain: the “rotational” type and the “irrotational” type.
rotation
- the act of rotating; rotary motion
- a regular cycle of events in a set order or sequence
- 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
- maths
- a circular motion of a configuration about a given point or line, without a change in shape
- a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
- another name for curl (def. 11) Abbreviation (for sense 4c): rot
- the spinning motion of a body, such as a planet, about an internal axisCompare revolution (def. 5a)
- one complete turn in such motion
Word Origin and History for rotational
rotation
1550s, from Latin rotationem (nominative rotatio) "a turning about in a circle," noun of action from past participle stem of rotare "turn round, revolve, whirl about, roll," from PIE *roto- (see rotary).
rotation
(rō-tā′shən)- The act or process of turning around a center or an axis.
- Regular and uniform variation in a sequence or series, as in the recurrence of symptoms of a disease.
rotation
- The motion of an object around an internal axis.
- A single complete cycle of such motion. See Note at revolution.
- A transformation of a coordinate system in which the new axes have a specified angular displacement from their original position while the origin remains fixed.