rotation

Meanings

Plural: rotations

Noun

• the act of rotating as if on an axis
  • "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"
• (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
• a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
  • "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"
• a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
  • "crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil"
  • "the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation"
• The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
• A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
• A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
• the movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.
• An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
• The set of starting pitchers of a team.
• 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)
• Repeated play of songs on a radio station, advertisements on a television channel, etc.

Synonyms

cycling, duty roster, gyration, revolution, roster, rota, rotary motion, schedule, turn, turn and turn about, turning

Related Words

axis, rotary, rotate, rotational