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English to English adjective
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Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity. |  | source: webster1913
noun
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the act of rotating as if on an axis | | Example: the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music
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(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin | | source: wordnet30
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a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | | Example: the plane made three rotations before it crashed
the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
source: wordnet30
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a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) | | Example: 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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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. | | source: webster1913
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