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rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" |
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motility,
motion,
move,
movement ability to move spontaneously and independently
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circumvolution the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis
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feather,
feathering turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
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gyration,
whirling the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
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pivot the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
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pronation rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward
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spin,
twirl,
twist,
twisting,
whirl a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"
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spiral flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
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supination rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward
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turn,
twist taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"
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twist,
wind,
winding turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
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turnout (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
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rotation - a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" |
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revolution,
gyration |
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turn,
turning taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"
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clockwise rotation,
dextrorotation rotation to the right
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counterclockwise rotation,
levorotation rotation to the left
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axial motion,
axial rotation,
roll rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"
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orbital motion,
orbital rotation motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point; "satellites in orbital rotation"
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spin a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"
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rotation - a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.); "crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil"; "the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation" |
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chronological sequence,
chronological succession,
sequence,
succession,
successiveness film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
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rotation - (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin |
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transformation the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
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math,
mathematics,
maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
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