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Clinorotation

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clino-rotationnounAlternative form of clinorotation. [rotation about an axis at so slow a rate that centrifugal force is so small as to be discounted]
cyclorotationnoun(medicine) Torsional movement of the eye (rotational movement that does not shift the centre of the pupil).
circumrotationnounrotation or revolution around an axis
cyclotorsionnounThe degree of rotation of an eye around its visual axis
centrifugal forcenounIn everyday understanding, the effect that tends to move an object away from the center of a circle it is rotating about (a consequence of inertia).
gyrationnoun(also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
centripetal forcenoun(physics) The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation.
circumvolutionnounThe act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
rotationnoun(chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
superrotationnouncirculation of winds (around a planet) at a velocity (or angular momentum) greater than that of the surface
rollnounThe act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
centre of inertianoun(rare, rotational dynamics) A point, near or within a body, at which the body's mass can be assumed to be concentrated when considering its rotational motion and moment of inertia. This may be different from its centre of mass which is the equivalent for linear motion.
laevorotationnounAlternative form of levorotation. [Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.]
librationnoun(astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface.
axis of rotationnounThe axis about which any body rotates.
codeclinationnounpolar distance
cyclodeviationnounThe extent of the movement of the eyeball along the anteroposterior axis
rolling contactnounAny contact between rotating bodies such that the relative velocity of the two contacting surfaces is zero at the point of contact.
levorotationnounRotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
circumgyrationnounrotation, revolution

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