nnoun.actthe act of rotating as if on an axisSynset:rotary motion
Examples:- the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music
Derivationally Related Form:rotate
Hypernyms:motility motion move movement
Inherited Hypernyms:rotationmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:circumvolutionfeatherfeatheringgyrationpivotpronationspinspiralsupinationturnturnouttwirltwisttwistingwhirlwhirlingwindwinding
Full Hyponyms:birlingcircumvolutionfeathergyrationpirouettepivotpronationspinspiralsupinationturnouttwiddletwistwind
nnoun.relation(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the originTopic:mathmathematicsmaths
Hypernyms:transformation
Inherited Hypernyms:rotationtransformationfunctionmathematical relationrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.eventa single complete turn (axial or orbital)Synset:gyration revolution
Examples:- the plane made three rotations before it crashed
- the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
Derivationally Related Form:gyraterevolutionaryrevolve
Hypernyms:turn turning
Inherited Hypernyms:rotationturningmovementhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:axial motionaxial rotationclockwise rotationcounterclockwise rotationdextrorotationlevorotationorbital motionorbital rotationrollspin
Full Hyponyms:axial rotationbackspindextrorotationenglishlevorotationorbital rotationspintopspinwallow
nnoun.attributea planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)Examples:- crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil
- the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation
Derivationally Related Form:rotate
Hypernyms:chronological sequence chronological succession sequence succession successiveness
Inherited Hypernyms:rotationsequencetemporal arrangementtemporal propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity