to rotate
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3.0
- verb
- /roʊˈteɪt/
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- To operate the machine, you need to rotate the knob clockwise.
- rotating blades
- rotate a shaft
- rotate a rotor
Picture a sphere that's rotating that has an axis, right?
- Picture a sphere that's rotating that has an axis, right?
- I mean, if a black hole is rotating, its shape is deformed.
- Now you'll notice that all of those discs rotate independently.
- It needs to actually rotate around you or me, right.
- Another issue is that they're unstable if they rotate, which isn't good.
- She found that galaxies in these clusters were rotating too fast.
- What it turned out to be were rotating neutron stars.
- Your pelvis won't rotate on your femurs the same amount.
Examples
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OK, because Earth is rotating West to east.
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And we're going to rotate it about the X axis.
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Actually, what if I rotate it and place it like that?
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OK, so now let's rotate you faster.
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Because Mercury is the only planet that does not rotate on its axis.
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Can you rotate the view, see what she's looking at?
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And what I'm going to do is I'm going to rotate around this axis.
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So let's watch what happens when I rotate these beads here.
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Now you'll notice that all of those discs rotate independently.
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She found that galaxies in these clusters were rotating too fast.
Synonyms
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1.0
Move something so it faces a different direction or side
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1.0
To make something turn around quickly
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2.7
To move in a twisting or circular way
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2.0
Move in a circle around a point, like a planet around the Sun
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3.2
To make something move in a circle around a central point
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2.1
To turn your body quickly in a circle many times
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4.7
To turn around on a point to face a different way
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4.2
To turn around a fixed point
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3.6
Move in a circle around a central object, like planets around the Sun
To make something turn around its center like a wheel
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Surface Forms
Morphology
rotate = rot (transparent) = rot + ate
The verb is formed from the root meaning 'turn' plus the productive verb-forming suffix '-ate', so the core meaning 'to turn' is directly recoverable by learners.
Etymology
Rotate comes from the Latin root rota, meaning 'wheel'. Imagine a wheel turning — to rotate is to turn around a central point, just like a wheel spins.