rotational
/rə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)l
/adjective
1Using or relating to a circular movement about an axis or centre: the increased rotational speed of today’s disc drives...
- Look for rotational control of the mouse.
- He uses the linear throwing technique rather than the rotational method, performed consistently throughout the final.
- The greater the torque, the more rotational power the blade has.
1.1 Mathematics Relating to the conceptual operation of turning a system about an axis.In 1765, Euler decomposed the motion of a solid into a rectilinear motion and a rotational motion....
- He considered the Euler angles and studied rotational problems which were motivated by the problem of the precession of the equinoxes.
- A specific difference is made in classical mechanics between parallel motion and rotational motion.
2Relating to or denoting a system in which privilege or responsibility is passed to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order: reward all selected students on a rotational basis...
- The restoration project has seen vast areas of the park put back into a rotational system of management.
- The company moved its Bailey's Irish Cream flavour from year-round availability to rotational status.
- It is commonplace to see new MBAs hired into rotational management programmes designed to groom future leaders.
2.1Relating to or denoting a system of grazing in which animals are grazed successively on different areas of land: rotational grazing improves production...
- They are testing a system called management-intensive, or rotational, dairy grazing.
- Perennial ryegrass tolerates continuous grazing if a two-inch stubble is maintained, but rotational grazing improves production.
- Making two seedings about three weeks apart staggers the maturities and makes rotational grazing or harvest timing easier to manage.
Derivatives
rotationally
- Each male parent was mated to three rotationally selected female parents.
- The fluidic pump includes a first gear rotationally mounted to the adjacent layer, the first gear having a magnet contained therein.
- Animals on rotationally grazed pastures received ad libitum access to minerals.