1. (noun)traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout a roadjunction at which traffic streams circularly around a centralisland "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
2. (noun)synchronous converter, rotary, rotary converter electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa
3. (adj)rotary relating to or characterized by rotation "rotary dial"
4. (adj)circular, rotary, orbitual describing a circle; moving in a circle "the circular motion of the wheel"