rotation : Idioms & Phrases

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axial rotation

  • noun rotary motion of an object around its own axis
    axial motion; roll.
    • wheels in axial rotation
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axis of rotation

  • noun the center around which something rotates
    axis.
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clockwise rotation

  • noun rotation to the right
    dextrorotation.
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counterclockwise rotation

  • noun rotation to the left
    levorotation.
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Instantaneous axis of rotation

  • (Kinematics), in a body which has motions both of translation and rotation, is a line, which is supposed to be rigidly united with the body, and which for the instant is at rest. The motion of the body is for the instant simply that of rotation about the instantaneous axis.
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Instantaneous center of rotation

  • (Kinematics), in a plane or in a plane figure which has motions both of translation and of rotation in the plane, is the point which for the instant is at rest.
Webster 1913

Moment of rotation

  • . See Moment of inertia, under Moment.
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Negative rotation

  • right-handed rotation. See Right-handed, 3.
Webster 1913

orbital rotation

  • noun motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point
    orbital motion.
    • satellites in orbital rotation
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Positive rotation

  • (Mech.), left-handed rotation.
Webster 1913

Rotation in office

  • the practice of changing public officers at frequent intervals by discharges and substitutions.
Webster 1913

Rotation of crops

  • the practices of cultivating an orderly succession of different crops on the same land.
Webster 1913