Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Rotation (Motion in a continued circle)

Nouns
  • rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll
  • circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration
  • volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution. verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge
  • countercurrent
  • Maelstrom, Charybdis
  • Ixion. [rotating air] cyclone
  • tornado, whirlwind
  • dust devil. [rotation of an automobile] spin-out. axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point
  • axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel
  • axle shaft
  • gymbal
  • hub, hub of rotation. [rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion. [measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity
  • revolutions per minute, RPM. [result of rotation] centrifugal force
  • surge
  • vertigo, dizzy round
  • coriolus force. [things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round
  • Ferris wheel
  • top, dreidel, teetotum
  • gyroscope
  • turntable, lazy suzan
  • screw, whirligig, rollingstone, water wheel, windmill
  • wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear
  • roller
  • flywheel
  • jack
  • caster
  • centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge
  • drill, augur, oil rig
  • wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.]. [Science of rotary motion] trochilics. [person who rotates] whirling dervish.
Verbs
  • rotate
  • roll along
  • revolve, spin
  • turn round
  • circumvolve
  • circulate
  • gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette
  • twirl, trundle, troll, bowl. roll up, furl
  • wallow, welter
  • box the compass
  • spin like a top, spin like a teetotum. [of an automobile] spin out.
Adjectives
  • rotating etc. v.
  • rotary, rotary
  • circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory
  • vortical, vorticose.
Adverbs
  • head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.