'Rotation of crops' definitions:

Definition of 'Rotation of crops'

From: GCIDE
  • Rotation \Ro*ta"tion\, n. [L. rotatio: cf. F. rotation.]
  • 1. The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any return or succesion in a series. [1913 Webster]
  • Moment of rotation. See Moment of inertia, under Moment.
  • Rotation in office, the practice of changing public officers at frequent intervals by discharges and substitutions.
  • Rotation of crops, the practices of cultivating an orderly succession of different crops on the same land. [1913 Webster]