AXIS OF ROTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does axis of rotation mean? 

• AXIS OF ROTATION (noun)
  The noun AXIS OF ROTATION has 1 sense:

1. the center around which something rotates

  Familiarity information: AXIS OF ROTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AXIS OF ROTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The center around which something rotates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

axis; axis of rotation

Hypernyms ("axis of rotation" is a kind of...):

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "axis of rotation"):

pin; pivot (axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns)

rotor head; rotor shaft (the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns)

 Context examples 

Along the way, this plasma somehow gets energized enough to strongly radiate light, forming two bright columns along the black hole’s axis of rotation.

(NuSTAR Probes Black Hole Jet Mystery, NASA)