Rotation or rotational motion is the circular movement of an object around a central line, known as axis of rotation. A plane figure can rotate in either...
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In linear algebra, a rotation matrix is a transformation matrix that is used to perform a rotation in Euclidean space. For example, using the convention...
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Earth's rotation or Earth's spin is the rotation of planet Earth around its own axis, as well as changes in the orientation of the rotation axis in space...
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Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons. This practice reduces...
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A yaw rotation is a movement around the yaw axis of a rigid body that changes the direction it is pointing, to the left or right of its direction of motion...
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In geometry, an improper rotation (also called rotation-reflection, rotoreflection, rotary reflection, or rotoinversion) is an isometry in Euclidean space...
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Optical rotation, also known as polarization rotation or circular birefringence, is the rotation of the orientation of the plane of polarization about...
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Rotation in mathematics is a concept originating in geometry. Any rotation is a motion of a certain space that preserves at least one point. It can describe...
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Rotational symmetry, also known as radial symmetry in geometry, is the property a shape has when it looks the same after some rotation by a partial turn...
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Look up rotation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rotation is a circular motion of a body about a center. Rotation may also refer to: Rotation (anatomy)...
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In broadcasting, rotation is the repeated airing of a limited playlist of songs on a radio station or satellite radio channel, or music videos on a TV...
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Anticyclonic rotation, or anticyclonic circulation, is atmospheric motion in the direction opposite to a cyclonic rotation. For cyclonic rotation, this motion...
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In chemistry, specific rotation ([α]) is a property of a chiral chemical compound.: 244 It is defined as the change in orientation of monochromatic plane-polarized...
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Solar rotation varies with latitude. The Sun is not a solid body, but is composed of a gaseous plasma. Different latitudes rotate at different periods...
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Rotation operator may refer to: An operator that specifies a rotation (mathematics) Three-dimensional rotation operator Rot (operator) aka Curl, a differential...
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In mechanics and geometry, the 3D rotation group, often denoted SO(3), is the group of all rotations about the origin of three-dimensional Euclidean space...
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Tidal locking (redirect from Synchronous rotation)
change in its rotation rate over the course of a complete orbit. In the case where a tidally locked body possesses synchronous rotation, the object takes...
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Mental rotation is the ability to rotate mental representations of two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects as it is related to the visual representation...
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Laboratory rotations are typically a part of first year graduate school (Ph.D.-oriented) in American universities, especially in the research-oriented...
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tree rotation is an operation on a binary tree that changes the structure without interfering with the order of the elements. A tree rotation moves one...
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In aviation, rotation refers to the action of applying back pressure to a control device, such as a yoke, side-stick or centre stick, to lift the nose...
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Cyclonic rotation, or cyclonic circulation, is atmospheric motion in the same direction as a planet's rotation, as opposed to anticyclonic rotation. In the...
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Rotational frequency, also known as rotational speed or rate of rotation (symbols ν, lowercase Greek nu, and also n), is the frequency of rotation of an...
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The rotation curve of a disc galaxy (also called a velocity curve) is a plot of the orbital speeds of visible stars or gas in that galaxy versus their...
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Faraday effect (redirect from Faraday rotation)
The Faraday effect or Faraday rotation, sometimes referred to as the magneto-optic Faraday effect (MOFE), is a physical magneto-optical phenomenon. The...
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Rotational energy or angular kinetic energy is kinetic energy due to the rotation of an object and is part of its total kinetic energy. Looking at rotational...
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Saturn (redirect from Rotation of Saturn)
rotation period of Saturn had increased appreciably, to approximately 10h 45m 45s ± 36s. An estimate of Saturn's rotation (as an indicated rotation rate...
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Clockwise (redirect from Sense of rotation)
Two-dimensional rotation can occur in two possible directions or senses of rotation. Clockwise motion (abbreviated CW) proceeds in the same direction...
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In information technology, log rotation is an automated process used in system administration in which log files are compressed, moved (archived), renamed...
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orientations and rotations of elements in three dimensional space. Specifically, they encode information about an axis-angle rotation about an arbitrary...
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