- rotation, revolution, gyration - a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
--1 is a kind of turning, turn
--1 has particulars:dextrorotation, clockwise rotation; levorotation, counterclockwise rotation; axial rotation, axial motion, roll; orbital rotation, orbital motion; spin Derived form: verb gyrate2 - gyration, whirling - the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
--2 is a kind of rotation, rotary motion
Derived forms: verb gyrate2, verb gyrate1