rotation
Pluralrotations (some meanings)
- 1The turning of something around a center point or a line through it.
Like a top spinning around in one spot.
The slow rotation of the Earth gives us day and night.
A small push set the wheel into rotation.
Similarspinning, turning, revolution, spin
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- 2One full turn all the way around a center or an axis.
Like one full trip around a circle, ending right where you started.
One rotation of the wheel moves the bike forward a few feet.
The fan completes a rotation in less than a second.
Similarrevolution, turn, spin, cycle
- 3A regular order in which people take turns at a job, or things are used in turn.
Like passing a ball around a circle so everyone gets a turn.
The nurses work on a rotation so no one always gets the night shift.
We keep the chores on a weekly rotation at home.
Similarrota, roster, cycle, alternation, schedule
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- 4The repeated playing of songs or ads on a radio or TV channel.
Like a playlist that keeps coming back to the same few songs.
The new single is getting heavy rotation on local radio.
That ad was in constant rotation during the game.
Similarairplay
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- 5In baseball, the group of starting pitchers a team uses in turn.
Like a line of cooks who each take a turn making the day's main dish.
The young pitcher earned a spot in the starting rotation this year.
Injuries left big gaps in the team's rotation.
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- 6A turn that moves every point around a fixed center while keeping all distances the same.
Like turning a photo around a pin stuck in one spot.
A rotation moves the triangle around a point without changing its size.
We described the new position as a rotation of ninety degrees.
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- 7Moving money from one part of the market to another, based on what investors expect to happen next.
Like moving your savings from one jar to another when you expect better luck.
The fund made a quick rotation out of tech stocks into energy.
Many investors expected a rotation toward safer bonds.
Similarshift
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- 8The moment during takeoff when the pilot pulls the plane's nose up off the runway.
Like tilting the front of a toy car up just as it speeds off a ramp.
At rotation, the pilot gently pulled back on the controls.
The plane lifted its nose smoothly at rotation.
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Origin
It comes from Latin rotatiō. It can be seen as rotate plus -ion.