- rotational
- adjective see rotation
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
rotational
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rotational — UK US /rəʊˈteɪʃənəl/ adjective WORKPLACE, HR ► relating to a system in which the person who does a particular job is regularly changed: »The shifts work on a rotational basis. »Depending on the department, some recruits will participate in… … Financial and business terms
rotational — adjective Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation. A steam turbine converts heat into rotational motion … Wiktionary
rotational — adj. Rotational is used with these nouns: ↑movement, ↑symmetry … Collocations dictionary
rotational — rotation ► NOUN ▪ the action or process of rotating. DERIVATIVES rotational adjective rotationally adverb … English terms dictionary
rotational — adjective of or pertaining to rotation rotational inertia • Pertains to noun: ↑rotation … Useful english dictionary
Rotational molding — or moulding is a versatile process for creating many kinds of mostly hollow plastic parts. The phrase is often shortened to rotomolding or rotomoulding.The process was developed in the 1940s but in early years was used little because it was a… … Wikipedia
Rotational delay — is one of the three delays associated with reading or writing data on a computer s disk drive, and somewhat similar for CD or DVD drives. The others are seek time and transfer time, and their sum is access time. The term applies to rotating… … Wikipedia
Rotational speed — (sometimes called speed of revolution) indicates, for example, how fast a motor is running. Rotational speed is equivalent to angular speed, but with different units. Rotational speed tells how many complete rotations (i.e. revolutions or cycles… … Wikipedia
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Rotational diffusion — is a process by which the equilibrium statistical distribution of the overall orientation of particles or molecules is maintained or restored. Rotational diffusion is the counterpart of translational diffusion, which maintains or restores the… … Wikipedia
Rotational Modulation Collimator — Rotational Modulation Collimators (or RMCs) are a specialization of the modulation collimator, an imaging device invented by Minoru Oda. Devices of this type create images of high energy X rays (or other radiations that cast shadows). Since high… … Wikipedia
