📖 Definitions of "Rotations"
- 1
The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
"The earth's rotation about its axis is responsible for its being slightly oblate rather than a sphere."
- 2
A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
"Earth's moon completes a rotation every twenty-seven days or so."
- 3
A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even-out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
"In rotation, each member of the group would be responsible for the beacon fire."
- 4
An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
"The function mapping (x,y) to (−y,x) is a rotation."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rotations"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| gyrationnoun | (also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation. |
| rollnoun | The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled. |
| revolutionnoun | (countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change. |
| circuitsnoun | (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function. |
| coursesnoun | (obsolete, euphemistic) Menses. |
| cyclesnoun | A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence. |
| deploymentsnoun | An implementation, or putting into use, of something. |
| internshipsnoun | A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade. |
| notesnoun | Acronym of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. |
| placementsnoun | The act of matching a person with a job |
| practicumsnoun | (US) A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically. |
| revolutions | the ninth studio album by electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, first released in September 1988. |
| sessionsnoun | A surname. |
| shiftsnoun | A movement to do something, a beginning. |
| turnsnoun | A change of direction or orientation. |
| gyrationsnoun | (also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation. |
| whirlsnoun | (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. |
| twirlsverb | Any rotating movement; a spin. |
| spinsnoun | vertigo |
| swivelsnoun | (intransitive) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot. |
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