Synonyms for rotation
roʊˈteɪ ʃənro·ta·tion

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1. rotation

   Synonyms:
   turn, series, order, succession, revolution, course, reversion, recurrence

   Antonyms:
   simultaneity, perpetuity, constancy, non-intermittence, contemporaneousness

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1. rotation, rotary motionnoun

   the act of rotating as if on an axis

   "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"

   Synonyms:
   revolution, rotary motion, gyration

2. rotationnoun

   (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

   Synonyms:
   revolution, rotary motion, gyration

3. rotation, revolution, gyrationnoun

   a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

   "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"

   Synonyms:
   revolution, rotary motion, whirling, gyration

4. rotationnoun

   a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)

   "crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil"; "the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation"

   Synonyms:
   revolution, rotary motion, gyration

Matched Categories

1. • Math
   • Sequence
   • Transformation
   • Turning

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1. rotationnoun

   Synonyms:
   turning, revolution, succession

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1. List of paraphrases for "rotation":

   rotational, turnover, swivel, rotating, roto, rotations, rotate, alternation, pivot, brakes, turns, succession, rollover, rotary, flip, rolling, revolution

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1. Ross Mayfield:

   It’s a tech outperformance day which is pretty rare over the past two or three months as the cyclical rotation has kind of gotten underway.

2. Guy Houlsby:

   The original Darrieus turbine has blades that are parallel to the axis of rotation, and that means that the loads in the blades are carried entirely by bending of the blades. That results in very high stresses, the re-design that we've done changes the blades so that they form this triangulated structure, and that's a very stiff and very strong structural form. And that means that the loads in the blades are principally carried by axial forces and that means that the stresses are much lower.

3. Craig Fehr:

   In terms of the divergence between commodity prices and the performance of the energy stocks, it's a reflection of some rotation that we're seeing in the market.

4. Adam Sarhan:

   I think what's happening today is the markets are in a wait-and-see approach ahead of the next big catalyst, which is earnings season, the way I see what's happening today is just a little bit of rotation occurring where you're selling leadership and you're buying undervalued, or you're hunting for value.

5. Greg Bassuk:

   We’re in a seesaw market, until there is more consistency in the trajectory of economic recovery, the double rotation trades we’re seeing right now will continue.