Definition of "rotate" []

• To turn around on an axis or center. (verb-intransitive)
• To proceed in sequence; take turns or alternate: Interns will rotate through the various departments. (verb-intransitive)
• To cause to turn on an axis or center. See Synonyms at turn. (verb-transitive)
• To plant or grow (crops) in a fixed order of succession. (verb-transitive)
• To cause to alternate or proceed in sequence: The coach rotates her players frequently near the end of the game. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This only happens when I call the rotate () function and then call a click event on $ ( '#group1. slidernav a')."
• "That is much faster than most airplanes will, indeed -- the speed that they will attain to, what's known as rotate, meaning lifting the front end of the airplane off its nose gear and then get into the air."
• "The Security Council, the only U.N. body with power to enforce its decisions militarily or economically, has five permanent members - the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China - and 10 non-permanent members whose terms rotate every two years."