rotation
rotation
Definition
ro·ta·tion (rō tā′s̸hən)
noun
- a rotating or being rotated
- the spinning motion around the axis of a celestial body
- regular and recurring succession of changes a rotation of duties
- ☆ Pool a game in which the balls must be pocketed in the order of their numbers
Etymology: L rotatio
ro·ta′·tional adjective
rotation
Synonyms
rotation
Usage Examples
Preposition: about
- -axis: One can be mapped to the other by a 45° rotation about the z -axis.
- axis: The general case of 3D motion of rigid bodies reduces to translation + rotation about a fixed axis.
Preposition: around
- axis: Typically a run will be a continuous rotation around a single axis.
Adjective modifier
- clockwise: For a clockwise rotation of x degrees, the nomenclature is C n where n is 360 / x.
- arable: The main enterprises on the farm are an Autumn calving dairy herd consisting of 140 cows and a cereal based arable rotation.
- tibial: For example, external tibial rotation that occurs in response to a posterior force is called a coupled external rotation.
- anticlockwise: The anticlockwise rotation of the galaxy may stretch out the plumes to contribute to the rough rotational symmetry of the DRAGN.
- axial: He thought the key to the event had been the arrival of Venus by axial rotation to the opposition of Saturn.
- strict: Hobson was renowned for the fact he would only let out his horses in strict rotation - there was no choice at all.
Modifies a noun
- coppice: The currently favored crop under northern European conditions is willow grown as short rotation coppice.
- axis: The self rotation function indicates a six fold rotation axis parallel with the x-axis.
- matrix: The rotation matrices for the real harmonics are obtained from those of the complex ones.
- angle: It is possible to check what the maximum rotation angle is to avoid getting too many overlaps.
- invariant: Existing ' rotation invariant ' texture classification schemes can fail when the 3D textures are rotated.
- symmetry: Rotation The rotation symmetry operation rotates an object about an axis.
Noun used with modifier
- crop: In addition, I use a crop rotation system.
- axis: All points in a rigid body move in a circular motion about a fixed axis Rotation about a fixed point.
- screen: A neat touch is the addition of screen rotation, so you can view pictures or run video in the wider portrait mode.
Possessives
- earth: Without the Earth's rotation having ceased, the pendulum has been noted to stop.
Preposition: of
- earth: With every step, the radius of the circular component of your path produced by the rotation of the earth gets larger.
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