rotation
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"
                
                    Noun
                    
                (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
                
                    Noun
                    
                a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
                
                    Noun
                    
            a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.); "crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil"; "the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation"
                More General Terms
                    chronological sequence
                    chronological succession
                    motility
                    motion
                    move
                    movement
                    sequence
                    succession
                    successiveness
                    transformation
                    turn
                    turning
            
            More Specific Terms
                    axial motion
                    axial rotation
                    circumvolution
                    clockwise rotation
                    counterclockwise rotation
                    dextrorotation
                    feather
                    feathering
                    gyration
                    levorotation
                    orbital motion
                    orbital rotation
                    pivot
                    pronation
                    roll
                    spin
                    spiral
                    supination
                    turn
                    turnout
                    twirl
                    twist
                    twisting
                    whirl
                    whirling
                    wind
                    winding