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Umdrehung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • revolution noun A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favour of a new system.
  • rotation noun The action or process of turning around a centre or axis.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.

Senses

Umdrehung is used for these senses in English:

  • revolution Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
  • rotation (finance) Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.
  • turn A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.

revolution — full definition

  1. noun A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favour of a new system.
  2. noun A dramatic and sweeping change in ideas, methods, or circumstances.
  3. noun One complete turn of an object around a central axis or orbit.

rotation — full definition

  1. noun The action or process of turning around a centre or axis.
  2. noun A regular pattern of taking turns, or a scheduled change-over.
  3. noun The practice of growing different crops on the same land across seasons.

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