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RotationRotation Ro*ta"tion, n. [L. rotatio: cf. F. rotation.]
1. The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its
axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a
revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the
daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its
annual motion round the sun is a revolution.
2. Any return or succesion in a series.
Moment of rotation. See Moment of inertia, under
Moment.
Rotation in office, the practice of changing public
officers at frequent intervals by discharges and
substitutions.
Rotation of crops, the practices of cultivating an orderly
succession of different crops on the same land. Rotation
Rotation Ro*ta"tion, a.
Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of,
or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.
Meaning of Rotation from wikipedia
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Rotation or
rotational motion is the
circular movement of an
object around a
central line,
known as an axis of
rotation. A
plane figure can
rotate in...
- In
linear algebra, a
rotation matrix is a
transformation matrix that is used to
perform a
rotation in
Euclidean space. For example,
using the convention...
- Earth's
rotation or Earth's spin is the
rotation of
planet Earth around its own axis, as well as
changes in the
orientation of the
rotation axis in space...
- A yaw
rotation is a
movement around the yaw axis of a
rigid body that
changes the
direction it is pointing, to the left or
right of its
direction of motion...
- Look up
rotation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Rotation is a
circular motion of a body
about a center.
Rotation may also
refer to:
Rotation (anatomy)...
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Optical rotation, also
known as
polarization rotation or
circular birefringence, is the
rotation of the
orientation of the
plane of
polarization about...
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change in its
rotation rate over the
course of a
complete orbit. In the case
where a
tidally locked body
possesses synchronous rotation, the
object takes...
- In broadcasting,
rotation is the
repeated airing of a
limited playlist of
songs on a
radio station or
satellite radio channel, or
music videos on a TV...
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Rotation in
mathematics is a
concept originating in geometry. Any
rotation is a
motion of a
certain space that
preserves at
least one point. It can describe...
- In the
theory of three-dimensional
rotation, Rodrigues'
rotation formula,
named after Olinde Rodrigues, is an
efficient algorithm for
rotating a vector...
