Thus trunk motion should remain mostly stable with little motion except for slight rotation as excessive movement would contribute to transverse motion and wasted energy.

On pulling the trigger of a wheellock firearm, the sear effects a slight rotation as described above.

The asteroid belt of F124 had been far thicker, and her moon had had a slight rotation, he remembered.

In fact slight rotation inwards (also called 'toe in') can be beneficial.

The collected data found that the star was a single dwarf star exhibiting a slight rotation.

They drifted off, a slight rotation making the room wobble slowly around them.

In this context it should be mentioned that variations of focal length (exciting current) cause a slight rotation of the beam cross-section.

For just a moment the ship was motionless except for a slight rotation on its axis, as if re-orienting itself.

Sam looked at his own readouts to make sure they hadn't drifted in their orbit, which was matched to the slight rotation of the black hole.

Further variation in design has been a slight rotation of the key-bowl upward in the center which reduces the amount of pronation in the operators' wrists.