Noun

(en noun)

(chiefly, uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.

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, author=Frank Fish, George Lauder , title=Not Just Going with the Flow , volume=101, issue=2, page=114 , magazine= citation , passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}

The earth's rotation about its axis is responsible for its being slightly oblate rather than a sphere.

A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.

Earth's moon completes a rotation every twenty-seven days or so.

A regular variation in a sequence.

crop rotation

The medical resident finished a two-week rotation in pediatrics and began one in orthopaedics.

(mathematics) An operation that a continuous isometry deformation that fixes at least one point can result in.

The function mapping (''x'',''y'') to (''&

x2212;y'',''x'') is a rotation .

(baseball) The set of (soplink) of a team.

(aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll.

Noun

(label) The act or (label) an act of translating, in its various senses:

# The conversion of text from one language to another.

# The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.

# (label) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.

# (label) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.

# A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.

# The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:

## (label) An ascension to Heaven without death.

## (label) A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.

## (label) A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.

## (label) A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.

(label) The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.