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Synonyms for rotation
roʊˈteɪ ʃənro·ta·tion

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. rotation

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

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. rotationnoun

    Synonyms:
    turning, revolution, succession

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How to use rotation in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. Kathleen Cullen:

    There's a really profound fundamental thing that happens in the brain of people like dancers or skaters over lots and lots of practice. And that's basically a change in the way the brain is processing information, when you spin around, you're activating the semicircular canals, rotation sensors. They're filled with fluid and they're sensing your rotation. But when you stop, the fluid has inertia and it tends to continue to move. They actually get a false sensation of movement.

  3. Tom Dorner:

    At a market level, Europe has performed strongly year-to-date and it’s clear that there has been an anticipation that the recovery will be quite sharp and strong, you’re still seeing a rotation in the market in favour of the more cyclical names like banks and autos.

  4. Richard Bernstein:

    We think people are too bearish on earnings, and we're much closer to the end of the profit recession than to the beginning, it doesn't mean profits are going to be booming ... but it's better than it was, and why you're seeing some of the rotation into more cyclical stocks now.

  5. Bill White:

    Just one rotation of the turbine will power an entire Massachusetts house for a day. It's staggering, there has been an extraordinary acceleration of the technology.


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