rotary
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈroʊtəri/
:
rotativo
- The brochure describes Haydon's linear, rotary, and oscillating motors and hermetic switches.
- rotary motion
- rotary degree
- rotary degree of freedom
But CMF teased a knob, some sort of Rotary dial on their phone.
- But CMF teased a knob, some sort of Rotary dial on their phone.
- I, I, I, I, I love what a, what a Rotary table can do.
- At my age, I can look back to a childhood and adolescence of Rotary dial phones.
- They want to get to such depth by combining a traditional Rotary drill with a millimetre wave laser.
- Now, anybody want to suggest why Rotary motors might be rare in biology, in life?
- How silly humans used to be used to have Rotary phones and, and and other silly things.
- Some aircraft, fixed wing or Rotary wing, were socked into weather.
- No, There's some that are big Rotary systems that are bigger.
- Rotary, Rotary wing and fixed wing.
Examples
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Rehn equipped the gas turbine with a regenerative or rotary air heater that serves as a heat exchanger.
Academic text (1995) -
Model 212J has been added to the Microvac series of rotary piston vacuum pumps.
Academic text (1999) -
Complete with a rotary phone, Miller's Bar is stuck a few decades back in time.
Blog text (17) -
We still had rotary dial phones in some departments.
Academic text (2002) -
Tinnitus, pressure, and hearing loss often gradually build up before an attack of rotary vertigo, often with nausea and vomiting.
Academic text (1995) -
The carbon nano-fibers, fly ash, and cement are dry mixed for 5 minutes in a rotary concrete mixer while the mixer is fully enclosed so that the materials do not become airborne and lost.
Academic text (2017) -
The new design features a rotary mechanism that allows the door to open smoothly in a circular motion.
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The artist used a rotary tool to carve intricate patterns into the wood.
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She demonstrated how to use the rotary switch to adjust the speed of the fan.
Synonyms
84
2.8
Having the shape of a circle
10
4.7
Of something that turns around an invisible line, like a spinning wheel or fan
About turning around an axis
A part that turns around a single axis like a hinge
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.9
A machine that makes power by turning parts around a central point, used in cars or planes
- Specialized
1
6.9
A set of long rotating blades on a helicopter that lift it and let it hover
- Archaic
A machine with a spinning part that changes alternating current into direct current and back
- Specialized
A device that tells how far a rotating shaft has turned by sending a code
- Specialized
A machine with rotating spikes that breaks and smooths soil before planting
- Specialized
A connection between two parts that lets one part turn around a single straight line like in the forearm
- Specialized
A car engine that makes power using a spinning three-sided piece instead of moving pistons
How Rotatable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rotary comes from the Latin root rota 'wheel' and is the same root as rotate, so picture a wheel turning — that is why rotary describes something that moves in a circle or around an axis.