rotation
US: /ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/
UK: /ɹəʊtˈeɪʃən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
rotation /rou'teiʃn/- danh từ
- sự quay, sự xoay vòng
- the rotation of the earth: sự quay của quả đất
- sự luân phiên
- rotation of crops: luân canh
- in (by) rotation: lần lượt, luân phiên nhau
- sự quay, sự xoay vòng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [U] the action of an object moving in a circle around a central fixed point: the daily rotation of the earth on its axis
2 [C] one complete movement in a circle around a fixed point: This switch controls the number of rotations per minute.
3 the act of regularly changing the thing that is being used in a particular situation, or of changing the person who does a particular job: crop rotation / the rotation of crops (= changing the crop that is grown on an area of land in order to protect the soil) + job rotation (= the practice of regularly changing the job that a particular person does so that they become experienced in different areas) + Wheat, maize and sugar beet are planted in rotation. + The committee is chaired by all the members in rotation.
rotational adjective [only before noun]: The event is held on a rotational basis in each of the participating countries.
Concise dictionary
rotationsrəʊ'teɪʃnnoun
+the act of rotating as if on an axis
+(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
+a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
+a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
