- rotation
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)Motion around a center axisNouns1. rotation, revolution, gyration, turning, circulation, roll; circum-rotation, circumvolution, circumgyration, turbination, convolution.2. whir, whirl, turn, pirouette, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, cyclone, tornado; vertigo; maelstrom; stadium effect.3. (object that rotates) wheel, screw, whirligig, windmill, propeller, top, roller, flywheel; caster; axis, axle, spindle, pivot, pin, hinge, pole, swivel, bobbin, mandrel, reel; turbine; carousel, merry-go-round; rotor, arbor; crank; capstan.Verbs — rotate, roll, revolve, spin, turn, turn around, swivel, circulate, gyrate, wheel, whirl, twirl, eddy, trundle, bowl, roll up, furl, spin like a top; whirl like a dervish; pivot; crank; turn on one's heel, turn on a dime.Adjectives — rotary, rotating, rotatory, rotational, rotative, whirling, circum-rotatory, trochilic, dizzying, vertiginous, gyratory, vortical; centrifugal, centripetal.II(Roget's IV) n.Syn. turn, circumrotation, circle; see revolution 1 .III(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Circular movement around a point or about an axis: circuit, circulation, circumvolution, gyration, revolution, turn, wheel, whirl. See GEOMETRY, REPETITION. 2. Occurrence in successive turns: alternation, interchange. See CHANGE.
English dictionary for students. 2013.