Rotate vs Underrotate - What's the difference?
rotate | underrotate |
to spin, turn, or revolve.
to advance through a sequence; to take turns.
(of aircraft) to lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.
to spin, turn, or revolve something.
to advance something through a sequence.
to replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
(of crops) to grow or plant in a certain order.
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
To rotate insufficiently.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 15, author=The Associated Press, title=South Korean Tops Skaters Despite Miss, work=New York Times
, passage=Kim's hands down on her triple flip cost her the combination jump, but other mistakes in the womens competition were more costly: the world silver medalist Mao Asada of Japan skipped a jump and finished in last place, just behind the United States champion Kimmie Meissner, who was fifth, after she underrotated her triple-triple combination. }}
As verbs the difference between rotate and underrotate
is that rotate is to spin, turn, or revolve while underrotate is to rotate insufficiently.As an adjective rotate
is having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.rotate
English
Verb
(rotat)- He rotated in his chair to face me.
- The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
- The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
- Rotate the dial to the left.
- The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.
Synonyms
* (to turn) revolve * (to make turn) circumvolveDerived terms
* (l) * (l)Adjective
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underrotate
English
Verb
(underrotat)citation