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rotation

9 definitions • 10 examples
1
movement in a circle around a fixed point:

Examples:

the speed of rotation
2
a complete circular movement around a fixed point:

Examples:

rotation about The earth completes 366 rotations about its axis in every leap year.
3
the act by farmers of regularly changing which crops they grow in a field:

Examples:

crop rotation Crop rotation is the best step to fight pests and diseases that live in the soil.
4
the act of different people doing the same job at different times:

Examples:

the rotation of key positions such as that of chairman
5
in a baseball team, the group of players who take regular turns to start games as the pitcher (= the player who throws the ball to opponents who try to hit it):

Examples:

The Dodgers will use a five-man rotation.
Atlanta has one of the National League's strongest rotations.
6
the act of turning around a fixed point:

Examples:

[ C ] Two rotations of the dial opens the lock.
7
the act of things happening in turns, or happening in a particular order:

Examples:

crop rotation
8
the process of regularly changing the person who does a particular job, so that it is done at different times by different people:

Examples:

in rotation They all work the night shift in rotation.
Italy has rules on the mandatory rotation of auditing firms at regular intervals.
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