rotational
/ɹoʊˈteɪʃənəl/
rotational adjective: of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.
Adjective
rotational (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.
- A steam turbine converts heat into rotational motion.
- Having non-zero curl somewhere, i.e. not irrotational
Noun
rotational (plural rotationals)
- 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, […]1995, Oded Shenkar, Global Perspectives of Human Resource Management, page 87
- We have found that our future leaders are our current rotationals. We also offer educational assistance for all full-time employees, which pays 100% related to the job or 75% for all other classes.2003, Thomas R. Warne, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Recruiting and Retaining Individuals in State Transportation Agencies, page 51
- 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.1982, “Proceedings of the International Conference on Cybernetics and Society”, in IEEE, page 254
Examples of rotational in a sentence
- Torque is the rotational version of force.
- The large rotational inertia of the heavy compressor and turbine rotors makes the engine slow to spool up from idle.
- In two-dimensional Euclidean geometry using a polar coordinate system, horocyclic flow is either the circular convergence toward or away from a point or the rotational flow around a point.
Antonyms of rotational
Forms of rotational
| plural | rotationals |
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Origin of rotational
From rotation + -al.
Words formed from rotational
Phrases with rotational
Questions about rotational
- What does rotational mean?
- Rotational means of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.
- What part of speech is rotational?
- Rotational can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce rotational?
- Rotational is pronounced /ɹoʊˈteɪʃənəl/ (US).
Words near rotational in the dictionary
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