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- DictionaryRo·tate/ˈrōˌtāt/
verb
- 1. move or cause to move in a circle around an axis or center: "the wheel continued to rotate"
1. [ roh-teyt or, especially British, roh- teyt ] See synonyms for rotate on Thesaurus.com. verb (used with object), ro·tat·ed, ro·tat·ing. to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve. to cause to go through a cycle of changes; cause to pass or follow in a fixed routine of succession: to rotate farm crops.
From Longman Business Dictionary ro‧tate /rəʊˈteɪtˈroʊteɪt/ verb [ intransitive, transitive] if a job rotates, or if people rotate jobs, they each do the jobs for a fixed period of time, one after the other Within each section of the company, workers are now rotated from job to job regularly.
v. to (cause to) turn on an axis; revolve: [ no object] The earth rotates once every twenty-four hours. [ ~ + object] rotating the Frisbee on his finger. to (cause to) proceed in a fixed routine, as in a cycle: [ no object] The firefighters rotate in shifts: one week in the Bronx, the next week in Brooklyn. [ ~ + object] to rotate crops.
Definition of rotate in Essential American English Dictionary. rotate. verb. us / ˈroʊ·teɪt/ present participle rotating | past tense and past participle rotated. Add to word list. to turn in a circular direction, or to make something turn in a circular direction: The handle rotates freely. rotation. noun. the rotation of the Earth.
rotation. noun. uk / rəʊˈteɪ.ʃ ə n / us / roʊˈteɪ.ʃ ə n / rotation noun (CIRCULAR MOVEMENT) Add to word list. [ U ] movement in a circle around a fixed point: the speed of rotation. [ C ] a complete circular movement around a fixed point: rotation about The earth completes 366 rotations about its axis in every leap year.
Dictionary definition of rotate. To turn or pivot an object around an axis or fixed point. "The planets rotate around the sun in elliptical orbits." Detailed meaning of rotate. When something rotates, it moves in a circular or curved path, typically in a repetitive or cyclical manner.
Rotation of an object in two dimensions around a point O. Rotation in mathematics is a concept originating in geometry. Any rotation is a motion of a certain space that preserves at least one point. It can describe, for example, the motion of a rigid body around a fixed point.
