rotatory
[roh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
pertaining to or of the nature of rotation: rotatory motion.
rotating, as an object.
passing or following in rotation or succession.
causing rotation, as a muscle.
Origin of rotatory
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Related Words for rotatory
whirling, spinning, whirligig, revolving, vertiginous, gyral, gyratory, rotating, rotational, rotatory, rotary, rotative, vortical, vorticoseExamples from the Web for rotatory
Historical Examples of rotatory
It will have a rotatory motion; and this it has been seen to have.
Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. IHerbert Spencer
In this rotatory motion they aid themselves by using the legs freely.
The Hunters' FeastMayne Reid
That, as I understand it, is a stationary, while this is a rotatory system.
The MonikinsJ. Fenimore Cooper
Was it necessary, therefore, to suppose a second, a kind of rotatory movement?
Everyday ObjectsW. H. Davenport Adams
The radius and ulna are not ankylosed, but are incapable of any rotatory movement.
The Vertebrate SkeletonSidney H. Reynolds
rotatory
less commonly rotative (ˈrəʊtətɪv)
adjective
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rotatory
[rō′tə-tôr′ē]
adj.
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