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Axis of rotation   /ˈæksəs əv roʊtˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Axis of rotation

noun
1.
The center around which something rotates.  Synonym: axis.






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"Axis of rotation" Quotes from Famous Books



... the reason for the unnatural lengthening of the day, the explanation is simplicity itself. As you doubtless know, the earth revolves daily on its axis. At the same time, it is moving in a great ellipse about the sun, an ellipse which it takes it a year to cover. If the axis of rotation of the earth were at right angles to the plane of its orbit; in other words, if the earth's equator lay in the plane of the earth's movement about the sun, each day would be of the same length and there would be no seasons. Instead of this being ...
— The Solar Magnet • Sterner St. Paul Meek



Words linked to "Axis of rotation" :   rotor shaft, rotor head, pin, pivot, mechanism, axis



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