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unrotate

unrotate verb: synonym of derotate (“to correct a rotational deformity”).

Verb

unrotate (third-person singular simple present unrotates, present participle unrotating, simple past and past participle unrotated)

  1. Synonym of derotate (“to correct a rotational deformity”).
    • Hence it seems to me the first thing to do is to unrotate the bodies of the vertebræ, because rotation was the first thing that took place. Then correct the lateral curvature.1894, Proceedings of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, page 170
    Synonyms:
    derotate
  2. To undo a rotation.
    • In other words, if you rotate a photo, crop it, and then change its contrast, you have to use the Undo command three times—first to undo the contrast change, then to uncrop, and finally to unrotate.2014, David Pogue, Lesa Snider, iPhoto: The Missing Manual, page 123

Synonyms of unrotate

Forms of unrotate

third-person singular presentunrotates
present participleunrotating
past participleunrotated
pastunrotated

Origin of unrotate

From un- + rotate.

Questions about unrotate

What does unrotate mean?
Unrotate means synonym of derotate (“to correct a rotational deformity”).
What part of speech is unrotate?
Unrotate is a verb.
What is the past tense of unrotate?
The past tense of unrotate is unrotated.

Words near unrotate in the dictionary

  1. unroping
  2. unrosed
  3. unrosined
  4. unrostered
  5. unrosy
  6. unrotate
  7. unrotated
  8. unrotates
  9. unrotating
  10. unrottable
  11. unrotted

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