Synonyms: rotary motion, rotation
Definition: the act of rotating as if on an axis
Usage: the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music
Similar words: motility, motion, move, movement
Definition: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Usage: the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise; movement is a sign of life; an impatient move of his hand; gastrointestinal motility
Synonyms: rotation
Definition: a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
Usage: crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil; the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation
Similar words: succession, successiveness, chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence
Definition: a following of one thing after another in time
Usage: the doctor saw a sequence of patients
Synonyms: rotation, revolution, gyration
Definition: a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
Usage: the plane made three rotations before it crashed; the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
Synonyms: rotation
Definition: (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
Similar words: transformation
Definition: (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system