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Rotation \Ro*ta"tion\, n. [L. rotatio: cf. F. rotation.]

1. 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.
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2. Any return or succesion in a series.
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Moment of rotation. See Moment of inertia, under
Moment.

Rotation in office, the practice of changing public
officers at frequent intervals by discharges and
substitutions.

Rotation of crops, the practices of cultivating an orderly
succession of different crops on the same land.
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Rotation \Ro*ta"tion\, a.
Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of,
or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.
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rotation
n 1: the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the
dancer kept time with the music" [syn: rotation, {rotary
motion}]

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

3: 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" [syn: rotation,
revolution, gyration]

4: 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"
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Rotation [roːtatsiːoːn] (n) , s.(f )
rotation

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Rotation
aswenteling; draaiing; rotatie; wenteling

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rotation [routeiʃən]
Drehbewegung; Drehung [math.]; Rotation; Rotation [math.]; Umdrehung

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rotation

csavarás
elfordulás
forgatás
forgás
keringés
körbenjárás
körforgás
leforgatás
perdület
pörgetés
pörgés
rotáció
szögelfordulsá
vektorrotáció


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rotation [routeiʃən]
aswenteling; draaiing; rotatie; wenteling

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rotation

Drehbewegung f
rotation

Drehung f [math.]
rotation

Rotation f
rotation

Rotation f [math.]
rotation

Umdrehung f
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Rotation
f
rotation
Rotation
f [math.]
rotation
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96 Moby Thesaurus words for "rotation":
Indian file, array, arsis, articulation, bank, beat,
booster rocket, bout, buzz, catapult, catena, catenation, chain,
chain reaction, chaining, circle, circuit, circulation,
circumvolution, coming after, concatenation, connection,
consecution, consecutiveness, continuation, continuity, continuum,
course, cycle, descent, diastole, downbeat, drone, endless belt,
endless round, extension, file, filiation, following, gamut,
gradation, ground loop, gyration, gyre, hopoff, hum, line, lineage,
logical sequence, monotone, nexus, order, order of succession,
pendulum, periodicity, plenum, posteriority, postposition,
powder train, procession, progression, prolongation, pulse, queue,
range, rank, recurrence, reticulation, revolution, round, routine,
row, run, scale, sequence, series, single file, spectrum, spell,
string, subjunction, succession, successiveness, suffixation,
swath, systole, takeoff, thesis, thread, tier, train, turn, upbeat,
wheel, whirl, windrow



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