Engelsk substantiv: rotation | |||
1. | rotation (om handling) the act of rotating as if on an axis | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The rotation of the dancer kept time with the music. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | rotary motion | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | motility, motion, move, movement | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | transformation | ||
Overordnet kategori | math, mathematics, maths | ||
3. | rotation (om begivenhet) a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The plane made three rotations before it crashed. The revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | gyration, revolution | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | turn, turning | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | axial motion, axial rotation, clockwise rotation, counterclockwise rotation, dextrorotation, levorotation, orbital motion, orbital rotation, roll, spin | ||
4. | rotation (om egenskap) a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil. The manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness | ||