Rotation

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Rotation

  1. Turning of a body about an axis within the body, as the daily rotation of the Earth. See revolution.
  2. One turn of a body about an internal axis, as a rotation of the earth.

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use