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8 Letter Words for Rotation
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Definitions for Rotation
[1] the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
[2] Astronomy . the movement or path of the earth or a heavenly body turning on its axis. one complete turn of such a body.
[3] regularly recurring succession, as of officials.
[4] Agriculture . crop rotation.
[5] Mathematics . an operation that rotates a geometric figure about a fixed point. curl(def 14) .
[6] Pool . a game in which the balls are played in order by number.
[7] Baseball . pitching rotation.
[8] the act of rotating; rotary motion
[9] a regular cycle of events in a set order or sequence
[10] 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
[11] 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
[12] the spinning motion of a body, such as a planet, about an internal axis Compare revolution (def. 5a) one complete turn in such motion
Words related to Rotation
orbit, cycle, gyration, circle, revolution, circumvolution, torque, vortex, turn, eddy, succession, spin, turning
Words nearby Rotation
rotary valve, rotary wing, rotary-till, rotate, rotating, rotation, rotation axis, rotation flap, rotation of axes, rotation vector, rotation-inversion axis
Origin of Rotation
1545–55; < Latin rotātiōn- (stem of rotātiō ) a rotation, rolling, equivalent to rotāt(us ) (see rotate1) + -iōn- -ion
Other words from Rotation
ro·ta·tion·al , adjective
non·ro·ta·tion , noun
non·ro·ta·tion·al , adjective
un·ro·ta·tion·al , adjective
Synonyms for Rotation
orbit, circle, circumvolution, gyration, revolution, circumrotation