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rotation

/ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
  2. A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
  3. A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even-out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
  4. An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
  5. The set of starting pitchers of a team.
  6. 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)

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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