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RotationRotation 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.
2. Any return or succesion in a series.
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. Rotation
Rotation Ro*ta"tion, a.
Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of,
or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.
Meaning of Rotation from wikipedia
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Rotation or
rotational motion is the
circular movement of an
object around a
central line,
known as axis of
rotation. A
plane figure can
rotate in either...
- In
linear algebra, a
rotation matrix is a
transformation matrix that is used to
perform a
rotation in
Euclidean space. For example,
using the convention...
- Earth's
rotation or Earth's spin is the
rotation of
planet Earth around its own axis, as well as
changes in the
orientation of the
rotation axis in space...
- Crop
rotation is the
practice of
growing a
series of
different types of
crops in the same area
across a
sequence of
growing seasons. This
practice reduces...
- A yaw
rotation is a
movement around the yaw axis of a
rigid body that
changes the
direction it is pointing, to the left or
right of its
direction of motion...
- In chemistry,
specific rotation ([α]) is a
property of a
chiral chemical compound.: 244 It is
defined as the
change in
orientation of
monochromatic plane-polarized...
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Rotation in
mathematics is a
concept originating in geometry. Any
rotation is a
motion of a
certain space that
preserves at
least one point. It can describe...
- Look up
rotation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Rotation is a
circular motion of a body
about a center.
Rotation may also
refer to:
Rotation (anatomy)...
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Optical rotation, also
known as
polarization rotation or
circular birefringence, is the
rotation of the
orientation of the
plane of
polarization about...
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Solar rotation varies with latitude. The Sun is not a
solid body, but is
composed of a
gaseous plasma.
Different latitudes rotate at
different periods...
