Rotation

Quick meaning: Rotation is a noun meaning A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.

Meaning

A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.

More Meanings

1. A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
2. (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
3. (baseball) The set of starting pitchers of a team.
4. Repeated play of songs on a radio station, advertisements on a television channel, etc.
5. (finance) Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.
6. (aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2)
7. (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.

Example Sentences

The function mapping (x,y) to (−y,x) is a rotation.

Earth's moon completes a rotation every twenty-seven days or so.

In rotation, each member of the group would be responsible for the beacon fire.

The medical resident finished a two-week rotation in pediatrics and began one in orthopaedics.

Word Forms

• rotations

Synonyms for rotation

Depending on context, synonyms include turning, revolution, rota, roster, schedule, turn.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gyration, roll, revolution, revolving, rotate, rotated.

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