rotation
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- noun
- /roʊˈteɪʃən/
- The rotation of the Earth causes day and night as it spins on its axis.
- Earth's rotation
- rotation period
- axis of rotation
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Watch on YouTubeYou 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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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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3.5
One complete turn around a central point, like a planet or wheel
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2.4
Turning something around quickly so it spins
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8.0
One complete turn, like a wheel or a dancer
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Movement in which something spins around a fixed line
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A twist or coil around a middle point, like a spiral staircase
Compounds
- Specialized
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An object moving in a curved path around another object, not spinning on itself
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A movement that turns to the left, the opposite direction of a clock's hands
How Fast
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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.