| Main Entry: | rotation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn |
Synonyms: |
circle, circumrotation, circumvolution, gyration, orbit, revolution |
| Main Entry: | rotation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn in circle |
Synonyms: |
cycle, eddy, revolution, spin, succession, torque, turn, turning, vortex |
| Concept: | [Motion in a continued circle] Rotation. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
rotation, revolution, gyration, circulation, roll; circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration; volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution., verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge; countercurrent; cyclone, tornado; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; merry-go-round; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion., wheel, screw, whirligig, rollingstone, windmill; top, teetotum; roller; flywheel; jack; caster., axis, axle, spindle, pivot, pin, hinge, pole, swivel, gimbals, arbor, bobbin, mandrel., [Science of rotary motion] trochilics.
-verbs
rotate; roll along; revolve, spin; turn round; circumvolve; circulate, gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, twirl, trundle, troll, bowl., roll up, furl; wallow, welter; box the compass; spin like a top, spin like a teetotum.
-adjectives
rotating; rotary, rotary; circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory; vortical, vorticose.
-adverbs
head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.
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| Main Entry: | circulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving circularly |
Synonyms: |
circling, circuit, circumvolution, current, flow, flowing, gyration, gyre, motion, revolution, rotation, round, turn, twirl, wheel, whirl |
Antonyms: |
blockage |
| Main Entry: | cycle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | era, phase |
Synonyms: |
aeon, age, alternation, chain, circle, circuit, course, eon, isochronism, loop, orbit, period, periodicity, revolution, rhythm, ring, rotation, round, run, sequel, sequence, series, succession, wheel |
| Notes: | a single to-and-fro movement of an air particle is called a cycle and the number of cycles that occur in a second is known as the frequency of a sound |
| Main Entry: | orbit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circuit, revolution |
Synonyms: |
apogee, circle, circumgyration, course, curve, cycle, ellipse, lap, locus, path, pattern, perigee, rotation, round, track, trajectory |
| Main Entry: | revolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circuit around something |
Synonyms: |
circle, circumvolution, cycle, gyration, gyre, lap, orbit, pirouette, reel, revolve, revolving, roll, rotation, round, spin, swirl, turn, turning, twirl, wheel, whirl |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolving, turning |
Synonyms: |
cycle, gyration, reel, revolution, rotation, run, spin, trundling, turn, twirl, undulation, whirl |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cycle, stage |
Synonyms: |
ambit, beat, bout, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, compass, course, division, gyration, lap, level, performance, period, revolution, rotation, round trip, routine, schedule, sequence, series, session, succession, tour, turn, wheel, whirl |
| Main Entry: | spin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circular motion |
Synonyms: |
circuit, gyration, revolution, roll, rotation, spiral, turn, twist, whirl |
Antonyms: |
immobility, inaction, inactivity |