Rotation
Rotation , noun
[Latin rotatio: compare French 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.
Collocations (3)
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.
Rotation , adjective
Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.