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Ro·ta·tion

/rōˈtāSHən/

noun
- 1. the action of rotating around an axis or center: "the moon moves in the same direction as the earth's rotation" Similar revolvingturningspinninggyrationwheelingwhirlingtwirlingswivelingcirclingturnrevolutionspinwhirlorbit
- ▪ the action or system of rotating crops.
- ▪ the cycle of growth and felling or cutting of trees.
- ▪ the passing of a privilege or responsibility from one member of a group to another in a regularly recurring succession: "it has become common for senior academics to act as heads of department in rotation" Similar sequencesuccessionalternationcycle
- ▪ a tour of duty, especially by a medical practitioner in training: "she was completing a rotation in trauma surgery"
- ▪ the conceptual operation of turning a system around an axis.
- ▪ another term for curl
Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin rotatio(n-), from the verb rotare (see rotate).
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Circular movement of an object around a center of rotation or an axis of rotation
Rotation or rotational motion is the circular movement of an object around a central line, known as axis of rotation. A plane figure can rotate in either a clockwise or counterclockwise sense around a perpendicular axis intersecting anywhere inside or outside the figure at a center of rotation. A solid figure has an infinite number of possible axes and angles of rotation, including chaotic rotatio... Wikipedia
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