rotation

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 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.
 * 1) A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
 * Earth's moon completes a rotation every twenty-seven days or so.
 * 1) A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
 * Applying crop rotation to a field avoids depleting soil nutrients the way repeated use of a single crop might do.
 * In rotation, each member of the group would be responsible for the beacon fire.
 * The medical resident finished a two-week rotation in pediatrics and began one in orthopaedics.
 * 1)  An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
 * The function mapping (x,y) to (&#x2212;y,x) is a rotation.
 * 1)  The set of starting pitchers of a team.
 * 2)  The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2)
 * 3) Repeated play on a radio station, etc.
 * The new single enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV.
 * The new single enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV.

Synonyms

 * turning
 * revolution
 * rota, roster, duty roster, schedule, turn, turn and turn about, cycling

Translations

 * Afrikaans: rotasie
 * Amharic: ሽክርክር
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 * Belarusian: вярчэ́нне
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 * Kazakh: айналу
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 * Latin: rotatio
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: തിരിയല്‍,
 * Maori: tāwhirowhironga
 * Old English: ymbhwyrft, wendung
 * Ottoman Turkish: چرخ
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 * Tagalog: inog
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 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Ukrainian: оберта́ння, верті́ння


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: абаро́т
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 * Italian:, giro completo, , ciclo completo
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 * Tagalog: inog
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: оборо́т, о́берт, вито́к


 * Belarusian: чаргава́нне
 * Bulgarian:
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 * Italian:, rotazione delle colture
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: чергува́ння


 * Armenian:
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 * Maori: hurihanga
 * Russian:
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 * Vietnamese: phép quay


 * Turkish:

Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) act of turning a physical object or a coordinate system around a center or an axis