- (a.) Pertaining to or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.
- (n.) The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution.
- (n.) Any return or succesion in a series.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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