Rotational

//ɹoʊˈteɪʃənəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation. not-comparable

    "A steam turbine converts heat into rotational motion."

  2. 2
    Having non-zero curl somewhere, i.e. not irrotational not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or pertaining to rotation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
rotaryascendingaxialbackbackwardcyclonic

Example

More examples

"In 1962, Mariner 2 flew within 34,400 kilometers of the surface of Venus and transmitted to Earth information about its temperature and details about its atmosphere and rotational period."

Etymology

From rotation + -al.

Related phrases

rotational axisrotational diningrotational energyrotational moldingrotational mouldingrotational periodrotational symmetry

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