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(transitive) To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
1975, “Architectural Digest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 32, page 112:
I've always admired the Japanese point of view that holds it best not to have a great number of objects around at one time but to rotate possessions — and display them with great simplicity.
(transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.
(transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
Usage notes
"Rotate about" implies that the object is spinning in place (i.e. the defined axis passes through through some internal point of the object), while "rotate around" implies that the object is orbiting an external point.
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