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rotation [rō′tā·shən]
(computer science)
An operation performed on data in a register of the central processing unit, in which all the bits in the register are shifted one position to the right or left, and the endmost bit, which is shifted out of the register, is carried around to the position at the opposite end of the register.
(mathematics)
(mechanics)
Also known as rotational motion.
Motion of a rigid body in which either one point is fixed, or all the points on a straight line are fixed.
Angular displacement of a rigid body.
The motion of a particle about a fixed point.


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But looking at the movements of the stars, I can't picture to myself the rotation of the earth, and I'm right in saying that the stars move.
By attentively watching, the observer would then have perceived the other molecules of the mass, following the example of this central star, become likewise condensed by gradually accelerated rotation, and gravitating round it in the shape of innumerable stars.
Farmers find that they can raise most food by a rotation of plants belonging to the most different orders: nature follows what may be called a simultaneous rotation.
 
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