A Rotation

1. (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
2. A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
3. A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even-out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
4. (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.The function mapping (x,y) to (−y,x) is a rotation.
5. (baseball) The set of starting pitchers of a team.
6. (aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2)
7. Repeated play on a radio station, etc..

Synonyms

• turning
• revolution
• rota, roster, duty roster, schedule, turn, turn and turn about, cycling