Definition that contains axis of rotation
- pole one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
- precession the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
- axial of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
- angular momentum the product of the momentum of a rotating body and its distance from the axis of rotation
- coriolis effect (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere
- precession of the equinoxes a slow westward shift of the equinoxes along the plane of the ecliptic caused by precession of the Earth's axis of rotation