Used in a Sentence

rotating

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rotating.

Editorial note

If you are in a rotating reference frame, the force feels real, along with Coriolis and Euler fictitious forces.

Examples15
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

undergoing physical rotation

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rotating gathered in one view.

adjective

undergoing physical rotation

adjective

that proceeds in sequence or in turns

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rotating.

Example sentences

1

If you are in a rotating reference frame, the force feels real, along with Coriolis and Euler fictitious forces.

2

So just running an occasional train and rotating staff through it, the line and the skills are always kept sharp.

3

Apropos of nothing, Muji's USB desktop fan has contra-rotating blades and is amazingly quiet for the amount of air it can shift.

4

If there's some rotating pair programming going on, those things can be handled better.

5

Though men, on average, are better at mentally rotating objects and maps, women are better at remembering landmarks and the positions of objects.

6

As for rotating usernames, I disagree, though I would support a feature that allowed that by choice.

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They should be rotating their position every 15 minutes, and taking hourly breaks.

8

For most sites I don't bother rotating my phone - scrolling down is worse than zooming in/out.

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Honestly, I'd argue you are better off rotating through credit cards every 3 months for the sign up bonuses.

10

And again, rotating the registers to avoid hitting the stack, incredibly powerful.

11

I wonder if there's some sort of fractal rendering procedure like zooming/rotating/viewing, that could be turing complete with a given fractal.

12

At the pool where I worked, we'd have numerous lifeguards on duty at a time, rotating between the lifeguard chairs at fifteen-minute intervals.

Quote examples

1

The former is a "fictitious force" resulting from the mathematical transformation between fixed and rotating reference frames.

2

We should have a single syllable for making a number negative, even “minus” isn’t a good word, especially since it’s overloaded to also mean subtraction, and we should have a single-syllable word for rotating a vector through a right angle.

3

(And in some cases, at least, for good reason.) And unmetered (and as such, unknown, which is "interesting") power used for things like rotating the wind turbines, feathering them, and keeping them turning when there isn't wind.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use rotating in a sentence?

If you are in a rotating reference frame, the force feels real, along with Coriolis and Euler fictitious forces.

What does rotating mean?

undergoing physical rotation

What part of speech is rotating?

rotating is commonly used as adjective.