Found 4 items, similar to Rotation.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: rotation
rotasi
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: rotation
pergiliran, perputaran, putaran
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rotation
rotation
n 1: the act of rotating as if on an axis;
“the rotation of the
dancer kept time with the music” [syn:
rotary motion]
2: (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes
are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
3: 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” [syn:
revolution,
gyration]
4: 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”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rotation
Rotation
\Ro*ta"tion\, a.
Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of,
or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.
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Rotation
\Ro*ta"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.
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2. Any return or succesion in a series.
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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.
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