rotation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rotation	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rotation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rotation n the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" Synonym(s): rotation, rotary motion (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"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" Synonym(s): rotation, revolution, gyration 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rotation \Ro*ta"tion\, a. Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rotation \Rota"tion\, n. [L. rotatio: cf. F. rotation.] 1. The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution. 2. Any return or succesion in a series. {Moment of rotation}. See {Moment of inertia}, under {Moment}. {Rotation* in office}, the practice of changing public officers at frequent intervals by discharges and substitutions. {Rotation of crops}, the practices of cultivating an orderly succession of different crops on the same land.