💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Clinorotation"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| clino-rotationnoun | Alternative 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). |
| circumrotationnoun | rotation or revolution around an axis |
| cyclotorsionnoun | The degree of rotation of an eye around its visual axis |
| centrifugal forcenoun | In 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. |
| circumvolutionnoun | The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis. |
| rotationnoun | (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis. |
| superrotationnoun | circulation of winds (around a planet) at a velocity (or angular momentum) greater than that of the surface |
| rollnoun | The 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. |
| laevorotationnoun | Alternative 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 rotationnoun | The axis about which any body rotates. |
| codeclinationnoun | polar distance |
| cyclodeviationnoun | The extent of the movement of the eyeball along the anteroposterior axis |
| rolling contactnoun | Any contact between rotating bodies such that the relative velocity of the two contacting surfaces is zero at the point of contact. |
| levorotationnoun | Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light. |
| circumgyrationnoun | rotation, revolution |
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