rotatores pl (plural only)
(anatomy) A group of muscles that lie beneath the multifidus. Somewhat quadrilateral in form, they are present in all spinal regions but most prominent in the thoracic region; they are eleven in number on either side.
Source: Wiktionary
Ro*ta"tor, n. Etym: [L.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.
2. (Metal.)
Definition: A revolving reverberatory furnace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
