ROTATIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rotational mean? 

• ROTATIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective ROTATIONAL has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to rotation

  Familiarity information: ROTATIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROTATIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to rotation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

rotational inertia

Pertainym:

rotation (the act of rotating as if on an axis)

 Context examples 

Rotational velocity measurements made with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) showed that the disk galaxy is spinning more than twice as fast as the Milky Way.

(Massive Dead Disk Galaxy Challenges Theories of Galaxy Evolution, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They determined that the transition of the protein from the resting to open states involved a corkscrew-like rotational motion within the protein.

(Structural states of a brain receptor revealed, NIH)

An extension to a shaft designed to impart a rotational energy to the shaft.

(Crank Arm Assembly Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Jupiter's magnetic axis, like Earth's, is not aligned with its rotational axis.

(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)

As these molecules spin and tumble through space, they emit a distinctive fingerprint of millimetre-wavelength light, a process known as rotational transition.

(Stellar Corpse Reveals Origin of Radioactive Molecules, ESO)

A cable designed to drive the rotational cutter of a catheter device.

(Cutter-Torque Cable Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical procedure to prevent rotational relapse of teeth after an orthodontic treatment; the epithelial attachment surrounding the involved teeth is severed.

(Circumferential Supracrestal Fiberotomy, NCI Thesaurus)

The lag would act like a brake on Pluto, causing its rotation to slow while transferring that rotational energy to Charon, making it speed up and move farther away from Pluto.

(Cracks in Pluto's moon could indicate it once had an underground ocean, NASA)

Radio observations from MESSENGER were used to determine the gravitational anomalies (areas of local increases or decreases in mass) and the location of its rotational pole, which allowed scientists to understand the orientation of the planet.

(A Closer Look at Mercury’s Spin and Gravity Reveals the Planet’s Inner Solid Core, NASA)

Its unique magnetic field is nearly perfectly aligned with its rotational axis.

(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)