3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. Any return or succesion in a series.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rotation \Ro*ta"tion\, a.
Pertaining to or resulting from rotation; of the nature of
or characterized by rotation; as rotational velocity.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rotation
n 1: the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the
top kept time with the music"
2: a complete turn; "the plane made three rotations before it
crashed" [syn: {revolution}, {gyration}, {roll}]
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