ROTATION


Meaning of ROTATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rō-ˈtā-shən ]

noun

Date: 1555

1.

a.

(1) : the action or process of rotating on or as if on an axis or center

(2) : the act or an instance of rotating something

b. : one complete turn : the angular displacement required to return a rotating body or figure to its original orientation

2.

a. : return or succession in a series

rotation of the seasons

b. : the growing of different crops in succession in one field usually in a regular sequence

3. : the turning of a body part about its long axis as if on a pivot

4. : a game of pool in which all 15 object balls are shot in numerical order

5. : the series of pitchers on a baseball team who regularly start successive games in turn

• ro·ta·tion·al -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.