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rotative

[roh-tey-tiv]

adjective

  1. rotating or pertaining to rotation.

  2. producing rotation.

  3. happening in regular succession.



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Other Word Forms

  • rotatively adverb
  • nonrotative adjective
  • unrotative adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rotative1

1770–80; < Latin rotāt ( us ) ( rotate 1 ) + -ive
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Example Sentences

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They also create rotative engine discs by carving out large pieces of titanium and other metals.

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The plant makes precision aircraft components such as rotative discs and turbine blades.

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In fifth place, with 10% of the votes, was the Crossness Engine House, and the James Watt rotative beam engine.

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No one dreams of a "rotative fluid."

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I do not say, "The tables turn because my fluid is rotative."

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