noun
definition
An employee in a job rotation scheme.
definition
Something, such as a joint, that moves by rotating.
adjective
definition
Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.
example
A steam turbine converts heat into rotational motion.
Examples of rotational in a Sentence
Careful rotational heather burning by the gamekeeper maintains a mosaic of heather of variable age.
This rotational cutting had the effect of letting light into the wood.
The surface circulation of the Pacific is, on the whole, less active than that of the Atlantic. The centres of the rotational movement are marked by " Sargasso Seas " in the north and south basins, but they are of small extent compared with the Sargasso Sea of the North Atlantic. From the known peculiarities of the distribution of temperature, it is probable that definite circulation of water is in the Pacific confined to levels very near the surface, except in the region of the Kuro Siwo, and possibly also in parts of the Peruvian Current.
Spinal curvature Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine, often with a rotational element.
Growth is suppressed but rotational grazing does not kill the plants.
Technology incorporating an oscillating hydrofoil varies considerably from more commonly used rotational MEC devices.
This added weight creates more rotational inertia, which in turn enables the disk to spin with more constant torque.
The plateaux margins are typically characterized slope failures that range from large rotational landslides to individual blockfalls.
Although flexion osteotomy was found to be superior to rotational osteotomy, neither procedure gave the patients a functional solution.
Perform rotational movements and downward pressure over this quadrant while keeping the patella stabilized with the non-dominant index finger and thumb.
An alternative method to create parts or features that have rotational symmetry is to form a protrusion by revolving rather than extruding.
The anticlockwise rotation of the galaxy may stretch out the plumes to contribute to the rough rotational symmetry of the DRAGN.
Rotational and non-rotational set-aside supported higher densities and more species of birds than fields of wheat, brassicas, root crops and seed rye.
Lapwings increasingly use rotational set-aside for nesting but this is not considered optimal habitat for them.
The country is largely arable with a reasonable portion of permanent and rotational set-aside and a little grass.
Such conditions are often found on rotational set-aside and in the earlier years of non-rotational set-aside.
Note there is rotational symmetry of this pattern around the line joining the elements.
This may account for a large loss of rotational velocity through the millions of years.
Prior to joining Mettler Toledo I was involved in the sales of rotational viscometers.
Emulsion viscosity can be determined by two methods, namely a Fann rotational viscometer or a Newtonian tube viscometer.
Rotational woodlots take their turn A massive destruction of forests occurred in the Tanzanian miombo woodlands early this century.
The graph of the function will have rotational symmetry about the origin (e.g. y = x³).
Surprisingly small and light and a model of efficiency, the motor converts up to 95 percent of the electricity received into rotational energy, rather than useless heat.
The Cardio Twister combines the aerobic movements of a stair-stepping machine with the rotational movements of a torso machine.
In other words, while your feet are peddling, your upper torso is performing rotational movements.
Plyometric jumps can represent level changes and oblique exercise on a stability ball is an example of rotational movement.
The featured, rotational exercise can provide an efficient and effective program for golf, tennis and other rotary sports.
If you find that your arms and wrists become sore, you may want to add some exercises which focus on your lower arm to help you build strength such as the rotational dumbbell arm curl or the concentration curl.
This shaft, which carries a set of " wipers " connected to the incoming circuit, is susceptible of a vertical and a rotational movement, so that the wipers may be brought, first opposite any particular horizontal series of contacts, and then into actual contact with any particular set in the series.
The tranverse electromotive force is equal to KCH/D, where C is the current, H the strength of the field, D the thickness of the metal, and K a constant which has been termed the rotatory power, or rotational coefficient.