rotation
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2.8
- noun
- /roʊˈteɪʃən/
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rotación
- The rotation of the Earth causes day and night as it spins on its axis.
- Earth's rotation
- rotation period
- axis of rotation
You come up backwards, three full somersault rotations and then come back down forward.
- You come up backwards, three full somersault rotations and then come back down forward.
- It's maintaining a certain, in this particular case, rotation of the particular spindle.
- It's just like kind of slow as that's going on, the rotations has not changed.
- The poo is already being flung super fast with the Earth's rotation and orbit through space.
Examples
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The Moon slowed the rotation of the Earth, finally giving the thirty-six hour day.
Fiction book (2000) -
How can you force the rotation of an entire planet?
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Because of the Earth's rotation.
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Angular momentum is the measure of the rotation of an object about an axis.
Academic text (1992) -
Due to earth's rotation, we're in line with Vega only hours a day.
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As early as 1939, Milton Humason had studied the rotation of the main part of the galaxy.
Academic text (1993) -
Astronomers study the rotation of planets to understand their atmospheres and climates.
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Due to the rotation of the Earth, different parts of the world experience varying seasons.
Synonyms
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1.0
A change of direction in a road or path
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1.1
A quick turning movement of an object or person
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3.5
One complete turn around a central point, like a planet or wheel
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2.5
A change of direction in a road or path
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4.0
A turn of the body made by keeping one foot in place
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2.4
Turning something around quickly so it spins
Movement in which something spins around a fixed line
One complete turn, like a wheel or a dancer
A twist or coil around a middle point, like a spiral staircase
Compounds
A movement that turns to the left, the opposite direction of a clock's hands
- Specialized
An object moving in a curved path around another object, not spinning on itself
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rotation comes from the Latin root rotare, from rota meaning 'wheel', and originally meant 'to turn'. Picture the Earth as a wheel turning around its center, and you can see why a rotation is a full turn.