ROTATORY

rotatory, revolutionary

(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

rotatory

of, pertaining to, or causing rotation; rotational

(obsolete) alternate or successive

Source: Wiktionary


Ro"ta*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rotatoire. See Rotate, Rotary.]

1. Turning as on an axis; rotary.

2. Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles. Burke.

3. (Opt.)

Definition: Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization. Nichol.

Ro"ta*to*ry, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A rotifer. [R.] Kirby.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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