Rotation
Rotation noun - A rapid turning about on an axis or central point.
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Shift and rotation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Rotation".
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Often doomsayers claim this will be the cause for The End of the World as We Know It, whether by breaking the tectonic plates, causing a shift of the poles, changing the Earth's rotation..., or introducing the Eldritch Abomination.
Source: When the Planets Align -
For a simple example, take the wallkicks from Tetris: The Grand Master: If you try to rotate a piece, but that rotation is blocked by a wall or a block, the game will attempt to shift the piece one cell to the right and see if it will fit.
Source: Anti-Frustration Features - The average Federation starship has a crew in excess of 200 people working in a three or four shift rotation; every other race crews similarly sized ships with between 15-40 people, apparently with each crew member being on duty around the clock, most of them don't even seem to have a medic aboard.
Source: Suspiciously Small Army
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Shift and Rotation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rotation/shift
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