rotative
Americanadjective
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rotating or pertaining to rotation.
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producing rotation.
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happening in regular succession.
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Origin of rotative
Example Sentences
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They also create rotative engine discs by carving out large pieces of titanium and other metals.
From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2020
In fifth place, with 10% of the votes, was the Crossness Engine House, and the James Watt rotative beam engine.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2014
I have fixed my mind upon making from twelve to fifteen reciprocating engines and fifty rotative engines per annum.
From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew
The introduction of the centrifugal pump would obviously extinguish the single acting engine, as rotative engines working at a high speed would be the most appropriate form of engine where the centrifugal pump was employed.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.
I do not say, "The tables turn because my fluid is rotative."
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
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