Rotate
verb
To turn around a central point or axis.
The Earth rotates around the Sun.
Often appears as...
- rotate around
- rotate on
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Technical
verb
To do, use, or occupy in turn.
The restaurant rotates its specials every day.
Often appears as...
- rotate duties
- rotate shifts
verb
To grow different crops in a field in various successive seasons.
To keep the soil fertile, farmers rotate crops.
Often appears as...
- rotate crops
- crop rotation
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Technical
verb
To move in a set path or motion, such as a wheel.
When you pedal, the bike wheels rotate.
Often appears as...
- rotate clockwise
- rotate anticlockwise
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To turn around a central point or axis.
The Earth rotates around the Sun.
Often appears as...
- rotate around
- rotate on
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To do, use, or occupy in turn.
The restaurant rotates its specials every day.
Often appears as...
- rotate duties
- rotate shifts
verb
To grow different crops in a field in various successive seasons.
To keep the soil fertile, farmers rotate crops.
Often appears as...
- rotate crops
- crop rotation
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To move in a set path or motion, such as a wheel.
When you pedal, the bike wheels rotate.
Often appears as...
- rotate clockwise
- rotate anticlockwise
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Used to describe actual physical motion, especially in machinery or astronomy.
Observe how the fan blades rotate.
Pro Tip 2/2Central Axis
Emphasizes movement around a fixed central point, important in technical descriptions.
The gears rotate on a fixed axis.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Used to describe actual physical motion, especially in machinery or astronomy.
Observe how the fan blades rotate.
Pro Tip 2/2Central Axis
Emphasizes movement around a fixed central point, important in technical descriptions.
The gears rotate on a fixed axis.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Used to describe actual physical motion, especially in machinery or astronomy.
Observe how the fan blades rotate.
Pro Tip 2/2Central Axis
Emphasizes movement around a fixed central point, important in technical descriptions.
The gears rotate on a fixed axis.
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The science of symmetry...
while sea anemones are symmetric when you rotate them at any angle. Some corals, on the other hand, have no symmetry at all. They are completely asymmetric. But why do organisms exhibit these different symmetries? Does body symmetry tell us anything about an animal's lifestyle? Let's look at one particular bilaterally symmetric animals.
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David Mackay: A reality...
is driven by the things you can control. The things you can control are the temperature difference between the inside and the outside. There's this remarkable technology called a you grasp it, rotate it to the left, and your energy consumption in the home will decrease. I've tried it. It works. Some people call it a lifestyle change.
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Why don't perpetual...
The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine, a device that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source. Imagine a windmill that produced the breeze it needed to keep rotating.
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Why don't oil and water...
than known stars in the universe. Now, all of these molecules are in constant motion, moving, vibrating, and rotating. What prevents almost all of those molecules from just flying out of the glass are the attractive interactions between molecules. The strength of the interactions
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How do tornadoes form? -...
I want to share with you what I know. Tornadoes are rapidly rotating columns of air that form inside storms that connect with the ground via a funnel of cloud. When that happens, they tear across the Earth, posing a huge threat to life and property.
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Computing with fluids PIPE...
forgot to tell you there are no wires all there is is a rotating magnetic field you can do something a little bit more exciting which is turned into a marching army these little things will just do their thing forever you come back the next day
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The microbial jungles...
swimming through their liquid environment. The cells use rotating flagella to propel towards the surface of the rock, which they attach to with the help of sticky appendages. Then, they start producing an extracellular matrix
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Are ghost ships real? -...
Factors, like temperature, salinity, wind, gravity, and the Coriolis effect from the Earth's rotation create a complex system of water movement. That applies both at the ocean's surface and deep below.
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Fish With Transparent...
over its eyes protects them from the stinging cells of the siphonophore tentacles the barreleye can also rotate its eyes to avoid predators or avoid being captured by scientists
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Why Dogs Stick Their...
the side slits in their nostrils as the expelled air rotates it helps draw more sand into the news this two-week current helps a dog gather sand
Video examples
The science of symmetry...
while sea anemones are symmetric when you rotate them at any angle. Some corals, on the other hand, have no symmetry at all. They are completely asymmetric. But why do organisms exhibit these different symmetries? Does body symmetry tell us anything about an animal's lifestyle? Let's look at one particular bilaterally symmetric animals.
Video examples
David Mackay: A reality...
is driven by the things you can control. The things you can control are the temperature difference between the inside and the outside. There's this remarkable technology called a you grasp it, rotate it to the left, and your energy consumption in the home will decrease. I've tried it. It works. Some people call it a lifestyle change.
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine, a device that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source. Imagine a windmill that produced the breeze it needed to keep rotating.
Video examples
Why don't oil and water...
than known stars in the universe. Now, all of these molecules are in constant motion, moving, vibrating, and rotating. What prevents almost all of those molecules from just flying out of the glass are the attractive interactions between molecules. The strength of the interactions
Video examples
How do tornadoes form? -...
I want to share with you what I know. Tornadoes are rapidly rotating columns of air that form inside storms that connect with the ground via a funnel of cloud. When that happens, they tear across the Earth, posing a huge threat to life and property.
Video examples
Computing with fluids PIPE...
forgot to tell you there are no wires all there is is a rotating magnetic field you can do something a little bit more exciting which is turned into a marching army these little things will just do their thing forever you come back the next day
Video examples
The microbial jungles...
swimming through their liquid environment. The cells use rotating flagella to propel towards the surface of the rock, which they attach to with the help of sticky appendages. Then, they start producing an extracellular matrix
Video examples
Are ghost ships real? -...
Factors, like temperature, salinity, wind, gravity, and the Coriolis effect from the Earth's rotation create a complex system of water movement. That applies both at the ocean's surface and deep below.
Video examples
Fish With Transparent...
over its eyes protects them from the stinging cells of the siphonophore tentacles the barreleye can also rotate its eyes to avoid predators or avoid being captured by scientists
Video examples
Why Dogs Stick Their...
the side slits in their nostrils as the expelled air rotates it helps draw more sand into the news this two-week current helps a dog gather sand
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Sarah Hall
English Writer
Wonderful characters rotate around and through bookshops on a daily basis, competing with and possibly even triumphing over fiction when it comes to entertainment, strangeness and inspiration.
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Ivica Zubac
Croatian Basketball Player
When you're not playing you're not feeling good because this is what I'm doing my whole life. Now when I'm finally in the rotation, everything else feels much better. Life is much better.
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Suze Orman
American Author
What I've learned is that the audience is constantly rotating. Just because it feels like I've said it, there are millions and millions of people that have still never heard of it.
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Tavon Austin
American Football Player
If I'm in the rotation, I'm in the rotation. If I'm not, I still will support the guys like I am in the rotation. But when I do get my turn, I definitely will make the best of it.
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Greg Norman
Australian Athlete
I mean, I can actually say goodbye to the game of golf, never hit another golf shot the rest of my life and I'd be happy because I can get back in life without any rotation.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount.
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Taylor Fritz
American Tennis Player
It's important to work the core in all planes of movement, as we move in all three planes in tennis, especially into rotation and anti-rotation movements.
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Carl Honore
Canadian Journalist
I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.
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Joe Torre
American Athlete
Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.
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Joachim Low
German Coach
Good teams have good rotation.
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Sarah Hall
English Writer
Wonderful characters rotate around and through bookshops on a daily basis, competing with and possibly even triumphing over fiction when it comes to entertainment, strangeness and inspiration.
Quote examples
Ivica Zubac
Croatian Basketball Player
When you're not playing you're not feeling good because this is what I'm doing my whole life. Now when I'm finally in the rotation, everything else feels much better. Life is much better.
Quote examples
Suze Orman
American Author
What I've learned is that the audience is constantly rotating. Just because it feels like I've said it, there are millions and millions of people that have still never heard of it.
Quote examples
Tavon Austin
American Football Player
If I'm in the rotation, I'm in the rotation. If I'm not, I still will support the guys like I am in the rotation. But when I do get my turn, I definitely will make the best of it.
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Greg Norman
Australian Athlete
I mean, I can actually say goodbye to the game of golf, never hit another golf shot the rest of my life and I'd be happy because I can get back in life without any rotation.
Quote examples
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount.
Quote examples
Taylor Fritz
American Tennis Player
It's important to work the core in all planes of movement, as we move in all three planes in tennis, especially into rotation and anti-rotation movements.
Quote examples
Carl Honore
Canadian Journalist
I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.
Quote examples
Joe Torre
American Athlete
Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.
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Joachim Low
German Coach
Good teams have good rotation.
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