{
    "term": "rotation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the action of an object moving in a circle around a central fixed point",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the daily rotation of the earth on its axis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the earth's rotation around the sun"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Space"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "one complete movement in a circle around a fixed point",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This switch controls the number of rotations per minute."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of regularly changing the thing that is being used in a particular situation, or of changing the person who does a particular job",
            "sensetop": "in rotation",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**crop rotation/the rotation of crops** *(= changing the crop that is grown on an area of land in order to protect the soil)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "job rotation *(= the practice of regularly changing the job that a particular person does so that they become experienced in different areas)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wheat, maize and sugar beet are planted in rotation.",
                    "contextForm": "in rotation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The committee is chaired by all the members in rotation."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Farming"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rəʊˈteɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ro/rotation/rotation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rəʊˈteɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ro/rotation/rotation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin rotatio(n-), from the verb rotare, from rota ‘wheel’."
}