rapid rotation

collocation in English

meaningsofrapidandrotation

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rapid
adjective
uk
/ˈræp.ɪd/us
/ˈræp.ɪd/
fast ...
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rotation
noun
uk
/rəʊˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/roʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
movement in a circle around a ...
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(Definition ofrapidandrotationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Rapidrotationof flagellar bundles in swimming bacteria.
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Separate chambers were prepared for each slug allowingrapidrotationof the different treatments, with minimal disturbance to the slugs.
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The shape of the first bubble line formed shows, dramatically, the distortion of this line by therapidrotationwithin the slug.
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They were working inrapidrotation, with 10 to 15 minutes between taking off and landing.
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The issue is not whether we have too many long-term non-executive directors, but short-termism, lack of experience and therapidrotationof, particularly, the executive content on boards.
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This emission is probably from a gaseous disk created by radiation-driven mass loss andrapidrotationof the star.
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Therapidrotationextends the life span of the star by increasing the core density and reducing the radiation output.
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Suchrapidrotationcan occur, for example, as a result of mass accretion that results in a transfer of angular momentum.
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He has worked on the theory of the resistivity of binary liquid mixtures, predicted therapidrotation of neutron polarisation in helical magnetic structures.
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Rapidrotationreduces the daily variation in temperature and makes photosynthesis viable.
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If the asteroid was not dense, it is probable that therapidrotationwould cause the asteroid to disrupt and fly apart.
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Sufficientlyrapidrotationwould give an impression of movement to the painted figures.
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This is a magnetic, chemically peculiar star of the silicon type and it has arapidrotationperiod of 17.5 hours.
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The wind is being effected by the star'srapidrotation, resulting in an enhanced outflow along the equator.
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When combined with therapidrotationthat most brown dwarfs exhibit, convection sets up conditions for the development of a strong, tangled magnetic field near the surface.
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However, in the cases of moons in synchronous orbit, near unidirectional tidal forces create a scalene ellipsoid, and the dwarf planet appears to be scalene due to itsrapidrotation.
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Suchrapidrotationwould cause objects that are rubble piles - i.e. conglomerates of debris held together only by their gravitational attraction - to disrupt due to centrifugal forces.
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Jupiter'srapidrotationbrought the impact sites into view for terrestrial observers a few minutes after the collisions.
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