rotatory
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹəʊˈteɪtəɹi/
Adjective
rotatory (not comparable)
- Alternative form of rotational
- 1808, John Barclay, The Muscular Motions of the Human Body, →OCLC, page 396:
- It is also obvious, and proved by experiment, that the rotatory motions observed in the hand proceed from the rotatory motions of the radius.
- (obsolete) alternate or successive
- 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
- unconnected, rotatory, biennial national assemblies
Derived terms
- optical rotatory dispersion
- rotatory nystagmus
- rotatory power
See also
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