rotation

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
2. (countable, uncountable) A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
3. (countable, uncountable) A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
4. (countable, uncountable) Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.
5. (countable, uncountable) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
6. (countable, uncountable) The set of starting pitchers of a team.
7. (countable, uncountable) 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)
8. (countable, uncountable) Repeated play of songs on a radio station, advertisements on a television channel, etc.

Synonyms

revolution

turn

spin

gyration

cycle

turning

circulation

alternation

circumvolution

circle

⭕

whirling

twist

whirl

circumambulation

revolving

roll

round

interchanging

sequence

waving

circling

convolution

curl

orbit

recurrence

rotary motion

spinning

substitution

take turns

turnover

circular motion

rotational motion

oscillation

optical

shift

hovering

spinor

whirlabout

succession

swiveling

circular movement

current

crop rotation

by spells

twirl

convolvulus

variation

alternate

wheel

🛞

by turns

Translations

rotation

Rotation

rotación

rotazione

Drehung

Umdrehung

περιστροφή

rotação

giro

rotació

giro

rotatie

draaiing

Umlauf

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotatiō. By surface analysis, rotate + -ion.

Sentences

The text implies that method handles scaling , rotation , and translation .