rotational

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rotational

  • /ɹoʊˈteɪʃənəl/ US

adjective

  1. not comparable Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation. A steam turbine converts heat into rotational motion.
  2. not comparable Having non-zero curl somewhere, i.e. not irrotational

Opposite: irrotational

noun rotationals

  1. An employee in a job rotation scheme. For the new rotationals, the American manager must begin the interview by asking the applicant a few questions of a personal nature about his family, childhood education, philosophy of life, social relationships, hobbies and interests, […]
  2. Something, such as a joint, that moves by rotating. The positioning of the wrist is related to the upper three joints of the robot arm with three degrees of freedom, for the two motions of the shoulder and the one motion of the elbow, all rotationals.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rotating, revolving, rotate, rotary, rollover, spinning, turning, flip, turnaround, round, churn, burn, swivel, pivot, rota, angular

adjective

Opposite: irrotational

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adj of, pertaining to or caused by rotation

Españolrotacional
DeutschDreh-, Rotations-
Italianorotazionale
Русскийвраща́тельный vraščátelʹnyj

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@misc{rotational_2026,
  title = {rotational},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rotational},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}