rotation
English
/ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
- A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
- A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even-out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
- (mathematics) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
- (baseball) The set of starting pitchers of a team.
- (aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2)
- Repeated play on a radio station, etc.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rotationem.
Origin
Latin
rotationem
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antirotation English
- autorotation English
- autorotational English
- birotation English
- circumrotation English
- clinorotation English
- contrarotation English
- corotation English
- corotational English
- counterrotation English
- cyclorotation English
- derotation English
- derotational English
- dextrorotation English
- electrorotation English
- endorotation English
- exorotation English
- gyrorotation English
- irrotational English
- isorotation English
- isorotational English
- levorotation English
- magnetorotation English
- magnetorotational English
- malrotation English
- microrotation English
- microrotational English
- multirotational English
- nonrotation English
- nonrotational English
- overrotation English
- prerotation English
- pseudorotation English
- pseudorotational English
- rotational English
- rotationality English
- rotationally English
- rotationplasty English
- roton English
- stratorotational English
- superrotation English
- superrotational English
- underrotation English
- vibrotational English
- rotationem Latin
- rotation French
- roton
- derotation
- rotational
- birotation
- corotation
- isorotation
- nonrotation
- prerotation
- exorotation
- malrotation
- autorotation
- rotationally
- corotational
- derotational
- irrotational
- gyrorotation
- antirotation
- overrotation
- endorotation
- levorotation
- cyclorotation
- superrotation
- nonrotational
- underrotation
- clinorotation
- microrotation
- rotationality
- isorotational
- vibrotational
- rotationplasty
- dextrorotation
- autorotational
- circumrotation
- pseudorotation
- contrarotation
- counterrotation
- microrotational
- magnetorotation
- electrorotation
- superrotational
- multirotational
- stratorotational
- pseudorotational
- magnetorotational