Ro-tā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. rotatio, from rotare; Fr. rotation, Sp. rotacion, It. rotazione. See ROTATE, v. i.]

1. The act of rotating or turning, as a wheel or solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a body revolving round another body, or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution.
2. Any return or succession in a series; the course by which officers or others leave their places at certain times, and are succeeded by others.
3. Frequent change of crop on any piece of land.