plural of optical rotation

plural of Wick rotation

plural of crop rotation

plural of specific rotation

(chemistry, of a compound) [α]_D, the angle of rotation of the plane of polarization of a ray of monochromatic light that passes through 10cm of the substance in solution at a concentration of 1 gram per millilitre

The axis about which any body rotates. / The line joining the North Pole and South Pole about which the Earth rotates daily.

The rotary, rather than propulsive, motion produced by a propeller. / (mechanics) The rotation of the inner and outer parts of a bearing race.

(physics) The kinetic energy of a rotating rigid body otherwise at rest.

plural of axis of rotation

(physics) An interaction between a polarized electromagnetic pulse, such as a beam of light, and a magnetic field, in which the plane of polarization is rotated in proportion to the intensity of the component of the magnetic field in the direction of travel of the pulse.