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   rotation

   /rə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of rotating about an axis or centre: "the moon moves in the same direction as the earth's rotation" Similar revolvingturningspinninggyrationwheelingwhirlingtwirlingswivellingcirclingturnrevolutionspinwhirlorbit
   • ▪ the conceptual operation of turning a system about an axis.
   • ▪ another term for curl
   • 2. the passing of a privilege or responsibility to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order: "it has become common for senior academics to act as heads of department in rotation" Similar sequencesuccessionalternationcycle
   • ▪ the growing of different crops in succession on a piece of land to avoid exhausting the soil and to control weeds, pests, and diseases: "traditional practices such as crop rotation"
   • ▪ the cycle of growth and felling or cutting of trees: "short rotation forestry"
   • ▪ a tour of duty, especially by a medical practitioner in training: US "she was completing a rotation in trauma surgery"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin rotatio(n-), from the verb rotare (see rotate).

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