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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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