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Rotation
01
a single complete circular movement around an axis or along an orbit
Examples
One full rotation of the Earth takes twenty-four hours.
02
the act of turning around a central point or axis
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
rotations
Examples
The wheel 's rotation was smooth and steady.
03
the process of changing the crops grown in a particular field each season to maintain soil health and reduce pests
Examples
Crop rotation helps prevent soil depletion by varying the crops planted.
04
a transformation that turns a figure or coordinate system by a fixed angle about a point or origin
Examples
The rotation of the graph shifted all points by 90 degrees.
Lexical Tree
autorotation
rotational
rotation
rotate
