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
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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
Modern airplane engines are designed to operate continuously at a fairly uniform high rotative speed and at full load over long periods of time.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
The hydraulic feed is an improvement on the above, in that the rate of feed is independent of the rotative speed of the rods and can be adjusted with the utmost nicety.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
From the first, the rotative engines were made double-acting—that is, work was done by steam alternately in each end of the cylinder.
From Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt by Ferguson, Eugene S.
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