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11line — Synonyms and related words: DMZ, Indian file, L, MO, Spenserian stanza, WATS, WATS line, Zeitgeist, abut, accommodation, accompaniment, accord, accordance, aceldama, acknowledgment, acquiescence, acquire, action, activity, adaptation, adaption,… …
12rotation — 1. Turning or movement of a body around its axis. 2. A recurrence in regular order of certain events, such as the symptoms of a periodic disease. 3. In medical education, a period of time on a particular service or specialty …
13rotation axis — noun : a simple axis of symmetry in a crystal about which the whole crystal configuration is brought into coincidence with its original aspect by a rotation of one half, one third, one fourth, or one sixth of a turn about the axis * * * Crystall …
14rotation axis — Crystall. an imaginary line through a crystal about which the crystal may be rotated a specified number of degrees and be brought back to its original position. Also called axis of symmetry, symmetry axis of rotation. Cf. symmetry element. [1900… …
15line broadening — ▪ spectroscopy in spectroscopy, the spreading across a greater wavelength, or frequency range, of absorption lines (dark) or emission lines (bright) in the radiation received from some object. The broadening is partly an extremely small… …
16line of fixation — a straight line extending through the center of rotation of the eye to the object of vision …
17rotation — Synonyms and related words: Indian file, array, arsis, articulation, bank, beat, booster rocket, bout, buzz, catapult, catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, circle, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, coming after, concatenation …
18Differential rotation in stars — What is differential rotation? *Differential rotation is when a rotating body has different angular velocities at different latitudes and/or depths of the body and/or in time. Differential rotation can be applied to any type of fluid body such as …
19Differential rotation — is seen when different parts of a rotating object move with different angular velocities (rates of rotation) at different latitudes and/or depths of the body and/or in time. This indicates that the object is not solid. In fluid objects, such as… …
20Stellar rotation — is the angular motion of a star about its axis. The rate of rotation can be measured from the spectrum of the star, or by timing the movements of active features on the surface.The rotation of a star produces an equatorial bulge due to… …
