rotation C1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #11894 Meanings 1 noun The act of turning around a central point or axis. The rotation of the Earth causes day and night. 2 noun A regular system of people or things taking turns in order. The nurses work on a rotation of day and night shifts. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of turning around a... rotary motiongyrationrevolution More cyclingrosterrotascheduleturnturning Word family Forms rotations Derived forms antirotationautorotationbirotationcircumrotationclinorotationcontrarotationcorotationcounterrotationcyclorotationderotationdextrorotationegorotation Related forms axisrotaryrotaterotational Common collocations crop rotation Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin rotatiō. By surface analysis, rotate + -ion. *Hreth₂- Proto-Indo-European rotatiō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # rotation **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 11894 ## Meanings 1. The act of turning around a central point or axis. 2. A regular system of people or things taking turns in order. ## Examples - The rotation of the Earth causes day and night. - The nurses work on a rotation of day and night shifts. ## Synonyms - cycling - revolution - roster - rota - schedule - turn - turning ## Derived Forms - antirotation - autorotation - birotation - circumrotation - clinorotation - contrarotation - corotation - counterrotation - cyclorotation - derotation - dextrorotation - egorotation ## Related Forms - axis - rotary - rotate - rotational ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *Hreth₂- - Root: rotatiō ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin rotatiō. By surface analysis, rotate + -ion. ## AI Etymology Rotation is borrowed from Latin rotatiō. By surface analysis, rotate + -ion. The historical chain includes *Hreth₂- (Proto-Indo-European) and rotatiō (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as antirotation, autorotation, birotation, and circumrotation and related forms such as axis, rotary, and rotate. In present use it covers the act of turning around a central point or axis and a regular system of people or things taking turns in order. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown