rotation

the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.

Astronomy.

1. the movement or path of the earth or a heavenly body turning on its axis.

2. one complete turn of such a body.

regularly recurring succession, as of officials.

Agriculture. crop rotation.

Mathematics.

1. an operation that rotates rotate a geometric figure about a fixed point.

2. curl.

Pool. a game in which the balls are played in order by number.

Baseball. pitching rotation.

the act of rotating; rotary motion

a regular cycle of events in a set order or sequence

a planned sequence of cropping according to which the crops grown in successive seasons on the same land are varied so as to make a balanced demand on its resources of fertility

maths

1. a circular motion of a configuration about a given point or line, without a change in shape

2. a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

3. Abbreviation (for sense 4c): rot.  another name for curl

1. the spinning motion of a body, such as a planet, about an internal axis Compare revolution

2. one complete turn in such motion

The motion of an object around an internal axis.

A single complete cycle of such motion.

See Note at revolution

A transformation of a coordinate system in which the new axes have a specified angular displacement from their original position while the origin remains fixed.