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rotary

28 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) rotary (adjective)
  2. 2) rotary (noun)
  3. rotary beater (noun)
  4. rotary blower (noun)
  5. rotary bridge crane (noun)
  6. rotary condenser (noun)
  7. rotary cultivator (noun)
  8. rotary-cut (adjective)
  9. rotary discard (noun)
  10. rotary drill (noun)
  11. rotary engine (noun)
  12. rotary fault (noun)
  13. rotary file (noun)
  14. rotary gap (noun)
  15. rotary hoe (noun)
  16. rotary kiln (noun)
  17. rotary microtome (noun)
  18. rotary milling machine (noun)
  19. rotary planer (noun)
  20. rotary plow (noun)
  21. rotary press (noun)
  22. rotary pump (noun)
  23. rotary reflection axis (noun)
  24. rotary shear (noun)
  25. rotary table oven (noun)
  26. rotary transformer (noun)
  27. rotary valve (noun)
  28. rotary-wing aircraft (noun)

1ro·ta·ry

adj \ˈrō-tə-rē\

Definition of ROTARY

1
a : turning on an axis like a wheel b : taking place about an axis <rotary motion>
2
: having an important part that turns on an axis <rotary cutter>
3
: characterized by rotation
4
: of, relating to, or being a press in which paper is printed by rotation in contact with a curved printing surface attached to a cylinder
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Examples of ROTARY

  1. the rotary action of the wheel

Origin of ROTARY

Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota wheel
First Known Use: circa 1731

Rhymes with ROTARY

votary

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