rotative

English

Etymology

Compare French rotatif.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Adjective

rotative (comparative more rotative, superlative most rotative)

  1. Turning like a wheel; rotary; rotational.
    • 1882, March 9, "On the Conservation of Solar Energy", Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Nature
      This high rotative velocity of the sun must cause an equatorial rise of the solar atmosphere.

Derived terms
  • rotative engine

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rotative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ.ta.tiv/
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Noun

rotative f (plural rotatives)

  1. rotary press

Derived terms

Adjective

rotative

  1. feminine singular of rotatif

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ro.taˈti.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: ro‧ta‧tì‧ve

Adjective

rotative

  1. feminine plural of rotativo

Noun

rotative f

  1. plural of rotativa

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