ROTATED

rotated, revolved

(adjective) turned in a circle around an axis

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

rotated

Having undergone rotation about an axis.

Verb

rotated

simple past tense and past participle of rotate

Anagrams

• totread, troated

Source: Wiktionary


Ro"ta*ted, a.

Definition: Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate.

ROTATE

Ro"tate, a. Etym: [L. rotatus, p.p. of rotare to turn round like a wheel, fr. rota wheel. See Rotary, and cf. Roue.]

Definition: Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.

Ro"tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotating.]

1. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.

2. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.

Ro"tate, v. i.

1. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.

2. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. [Colloq.] "Both, after a brief service, were rotated out of office." Harper's Mag.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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