Rotation (motion)

Japanese: 回転(運動) - かいてん
Rotation (motion)

…It can also refer to the circular or elliptical motion of an object (called a point mass) around a fixed point without considering its size, such as the motion of a planet around the sun, but it usually refers to the latter when the motion of an object with size (deformation is considered separately) is treated as a combination of translational motion and rotation. For example, if we consider a cylinder rolling on a desk, its motion can be considered as a combination of translation about an axis and rotation around that axis. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "rotation (motion)" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…太陽の周りの惑星の運動のように,大きさを考えず1点で表した物体(質点という)が他の1定点の周りで行う円運動や楕円運動をいうこともあるが,大きさのある物体の(変形を別途に考えることにして)運動を,並進運動と回転の合成として取り扱う場合の後者を指すのがふつうである。例えば,机の上を転がる円筒を考えると,その運動は軸の平行移動とその周りの回転とを合わせたものとみなすことができる。…

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