ROTATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of rotating as if on an axis
   Synonym(s)
   • rotary motion (what does rotary motion mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music
   Hypernyms(s) rotation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • motility (what does motility mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • circumvolution (what does circumvolution mean?)
   • feather (what does feather mean?)
   • feathering (what does feathering mean?)
   • gyration (what does gyration mean?)
   • whirling (what does whirling mean?)
   • pivot (what does pivot mean?)
   • pronation (what does pronation mean?)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   • twirl (what does twirl mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • twisting (what does twisting mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • spiral (what does spiral mean?)
   • supination (what does supination mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   • wind (what does wind mean?)
   • winding (what does winding mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • turnout (what does turnout mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • revolve (what does revolve mean?)
   • go around (what does go around mean?)
   • rotate (what does rotate mean?)
   • rotate (what does rotate mean?)
   • circumvolve (what does circumvolve mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
   Usage Example(s)
   • crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil
   • the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation
   Hypernyms(s) rotation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sequence (what does sequence mean?)
   • chronological sequence (what does chronological sequence mean?)
   • succession (what does succession mean?)
   • successiveness (what does successiveness mean?)
   • chronological succession (what does chronological succession mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rotate (what does rotate mean?)
   • rotate (what does rotate mean?)
   • rotate (what does rotate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
   Synonym(s)
   • gyration (what does gyration mean?)
   • revolution (what does revolution mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the plane made three rotations before it crashed
   • the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
   Hypernyms(s) rotation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • turning (what does turning mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dextrorotation (what does dextrorotation mean?)
   • clockwise rotation (what does clockwise rotation mean?)
   • levorotation (what does levorotation mean?)
   • counterclockwise rotation (what does counterclockwise rotation mean?)
   • axial rotation (what does axial rotation mean?)
   • axial motion (what does axial motion mean?)
   • roll (what does roll mean?)
   • orbital rotation (what does orbital rotation mean?)
   • orbital motion (what does orbital motion mean?)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   • spin around (what does spin around mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • reel (what does reel mean?)
   • gyrate (what does gyrate mean?)
   • orbit (what does orbit mean?)
   • revolve (what does revolve mean?)
   • revolve (what does revolve mean?)
   • go around (what does go around mean?)
   • rotate (what does rotate mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
   Hypernyms(s) rotation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • transformation (what does transformation mean?)