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[ noun ] a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

Examples

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

Used in print

(Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)

What I am here to do is to report on the gyrations of the struggle - a struggle that amounts to self redefinition - to see if we can predict its future course .

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[ noun ] the act of rotating in a circle or spiral

Synonyms

whirling

Related terms

rotation twirl

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