rotation

Roget category 312

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction

#312. [Motion in a continued circle.] Rotation

noun

rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll — circumrotation^†, circumvolution, circumgyration^† — volutation^†, circination^†, turbination^†, pirouette, convolution.
verticity^†, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge^† — countercurrent — Maelstrom, Charybdis — Ixion.
[rotating air] cyclone — tornado, whirlwind — dust devil.
[rotation of an automobile] spin-out.
axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point — axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel — axle shaft — gymbal — hub, hub of rotation.
[rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion.
[measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity — revolutions per minute, RPM.
[result of rotation] centrifugal force — surge — vertigo, dizzy round — coriolus force.
[things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round — Ferris wheel — top, dreidel^†, teetotum — gyroscope — turntable, lazy suzan — screw, whirligig, rollingstone^†, water wheel, windmill — wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear — roller — flywheel — jack — caster — centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge — drill, augur, oil rig — wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.].
[Science of rotary motion] trochilics^†.
[person who rotates] whirling dervish.

verb

rotate — roll along — revolve, spin — turn round — circumvolve^† — circulate — gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette — twirl, trundle, troll, bowl.
roll up, furl — wallow, welter — box the compass — spin like a top, spin like a teetotum^†.
[of an automobile] spin out.

adjective

rotating etc. v. — rotary, rotary — circumrotatory^†, trochilic^†, vertiginous, gyratory — vortical, vorticose^†.

adverb

head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.

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