- the act of moving the control yoke or stick aft to raise the nose of an aircraft during the take-off run to facilitate the aircraft becoming airborne.
Rotation should begin at about 60 knots.
- the act of turning around an axis or centre.
therotation of the earth _ crankshaft rotation. The speed of rotation determines the frequency of the generator output.
COMMENT: The aircraft rotates around three axes: pitch = rotation around the lateral axis; roll = rotation around the longitudinal axis; yaw = rotation around the vertical axis.