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English noun: rotation | |||
| 1. | rotation (act) the act of rotating as if on an axis | ||
| Samples | The rotation of the dancer kept time with the music. | ||
| Synonyms | rotary motion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motility, motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | circumvolution, feather, feathering, gyration, pivot, pronation, spin, spiral, supination, turn, turnout, twirl, twist, twist, twist, twisting, whirl, whirling, wind, winding | ||
| 2. | rotation (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transformation | ||
| Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||
| 3. | rotation (event) a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | ||
| Samples | The plane made three rotations before it crashed. The revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year. | ||
| Synonyms | gyration, revolution | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn, turning | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | axial motion, axial rotation, clockwise rotation, counterclockwise rotation, dextrorotation, levorotation, orbital motion, orbital rotation, roll, spin | ||
| 4. | rotation (attribute) a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) | ||
| Samples | Crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil. The manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness | ||
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