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Rotatory

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn.  Synonym: revolutionary.



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"Rotatory" Quotes from Famous Books



... cat is played with a cudgel. Its denomination is derived from a piece of wood, about six inches long and two thick, diminished from the middle to form a double cone. When the cat is placed on the ground, the player strikes it smartly—it matters not at which end—and it will rise with a rotatory motion high enough for him to strike it; if he misses, another player takes his place; if he hits, he calls for a number to be scored to his game; if that number is more than as many lengths of his cudgel, he is out; if not, they are scored, ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... this step; but you can vary the movement by going backwards or forwards at pleasure, instead of continuing the rotatory motion. The Valse a Deux Temps, like the Polka, admits of a reverse step; but it is difficult, and looks awkward unless executed to perfection. The first requisite in this Valse is to avoid all jumping movements. The feet must ...
— Routledge's Manual of Etiquette • George Routledge

... inside the boiler, within which the single cylinder, eight inches in diameter and four feet six inches stroke, was placed horizontally. As in the first engine, the motion of the wheels was produced by spur gear, to which was also added a fly-wheel on one side, to secure a rotatory motion in the crank at the end of each stroke of the piston in the single cylinder. The waste steam was thrown into the chimney through a tube inserted into it at right angles; but it will be obvious that this arrangement was not calculated to produce any result in the way of a steam-blast ...
— Lives of the Engineers - The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson • Samuel Smiles



Words linked to "Rotatory" :   rotate, rotation



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