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The Clue
24 hours, for the earth (8 letter answer)
The Answer
ROTATION
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Notes
The answer ROTATION is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
ROTATION as a noun:
1. (rotation, rotary motion) = the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"
2. (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
3. (rotation, revolution, gyration) = a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
4. a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.); "crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil"; "the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation"