rotation

Meaning of rotation

noun
  1. The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
    The earth's rotation about its axis is responsible for its being slightly oblate rather than a sphere.
  2. A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
    Earth's moon completes a rotation every twenty-seven days or so.
  3. A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even-out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
    In rotation, each member of the group would be responsible for the beacon fire.
  4. An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
    The function mapping (x,y) to (−y,x) is a rotation.
  5. The set of starting pitchers of a team.
  6. 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)
  7. Repeated play on a radio station, etc.
    The new single enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV.

Information about rotation

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of rotation is: rotations.
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Hyphenation of rotation

ro-ta-tion

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • rotation is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

rotation synonyms

Meaning revolution:

revolution, gyration

Meaning :

cycling, roster, rota, schedule, turn, turning

Translation of rotation

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