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

plural of Faraday rotation

(agriculture) A farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years (when once the land would have been left fallow); used to prevent erosion and increase fertility.

(physics) The rotation of the plane of polarization of plane polarized light as it passes through a chiral medium

plural of rotator cuff

A set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder responsible for rotating the humerus (upper arm bone).

plural of specific rotation

Synonym of Norfolk crop rotation

plural of crop rotation

(forestry) The time allowed to elapse between successive occurrences of a stand of trees being logged. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rotation, time.