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Noun rotation has 4 senses
- rotation, rotary motion - the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"
--1 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
--1 has particulars:
- rotation - (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
--2 is a kind of transformation
- rotation, revolution, gyration - 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"
--3 is a kind of turning, turn
--3 has particulars:
- 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"
--4 is a kind of sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession
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