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orbital motion vs rotation

rotation vs orbital motion

orbital motion and rotation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
orbital motion Yes No No No
rotation Yes No No No
As nouns, rotation is a hypernym of orbital motion; that is, rotation is a word with a broader meaning than orbital motion:
  • orbital motion: motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point
  • rotation: a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
Other hypernyms of orbital motion include gyration, revolution.
orbital motion (noun) rotation (noun)
motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point the act of rotating as if on an axis
a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
Difference between orbital motion and rotation

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