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• rotate — verb ADVERB ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ gently, slowly ▪ freely ▪ back and forth VERB + ROTATE …   Collocations dictionary

• rapidly — adv. Rapidly is used with these verbs: ↑absorb, ↑accelerate, ↑accumulate, ↑adjust, ↑advance, ↑age, ↑approach, ↑ascend, ↑assimilate, ↑beat, ↑blink, ↑boil, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• birl — birler, n. /berrl/, v.t. 1. Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering. to cause (a floating log) to rotate rapidly by treading upon it. 2. Brit. to spin or cause to rotate. v.i. 3. Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering. to cause a floating log to rotate rapidly… …   Universalium

• Galaxy formation and evolution — The study of galaxy formation and evolution is concerned with the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning, the formation of the first galaxies, the way galaxies change over time, and the processes that have… …   Wikipedia

• whirl — whirler, n. whirlingly, adv. /hwerrl, werrl/, v.i. 1. to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry go round whirled noisily. 2. to turn about or aside quickly: He whirled and faced his pursuers. 3. to move, travel, or be carried rapidly… …   Universalium

• whirl — [[t](h)wɜrl, wɜrl[/t]] v. i. 1) to spin or rotate rapidly 2) to turn about or aside quickly 3) to move or be carried rapidly along: to whirl down the freeway[/ex] 4) to experience confusion or dizziness: My head is whirling[/ex] 5) to cause to… …   From formal English to slang

• whirl — /wɜl / (say werl) verb (i) 1. to turn round, spin, or rotate rapidly. 2. to turn about or aside quickly. 3. to move, travel, or be carried rapidly along on wheels or otherwise. 4. to have the sensation of turning round rapidly. –verb (t) 5. to… …  

• Stellar rotation — is the angular motion of a star about its axis. The rate of rotation can be measured from the spectrum of the star, or by timing the movements of active features on the surface.The rotation of a star produces an equatorial bulge due to… …   Wikipedia

• spin — [[t]spɪn[/t]] v. spun, spin•ning, n. 1) tex to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers 2) tex to form (the fibers of any material) into thread or yarn 3) anb to produce (a thread, web, cocoon, etc.) by extruding from the body a… …   From formal English to slang

• spin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. twirl, whirl, rotate; protract, draw out; gyrate, swirl, reel, eddy; fabricate. See rotation, loquacity, imagination. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. circuit, rotation, gyration; see revolution 1 , turn 1 . v …   English dictionary for students

• twirl — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. twist, spin, rotate, turn, whirl; wind, coil. See convolution, rotation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. spin, rotate, twist; see turn 1 , whirl . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. spin, rotate, whirl, wheel …   English dictionary for students