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1. (adj.) rotary
turning or capable of turning around on an axis, as a wheel.
2. rotary
taking place around an axis, as motion.
3. rotary
having a part or parts that turn on an axis:
a rotary beater.
4. (n.) rotary
(cap.) Rotary Club.
Etymology: (1725–35; < ML rotārius (adj.) = L rot(a) wheel +-ārius -ary)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
"the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
2. (adj) 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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) rotary
turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion
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Sense: turning like a wheel
a rotary movement.
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 Afrikaans: draaiend |
 Arabic: دَوّار على مِحْوَر |
 Bulgarian: въртелив |
 Brazilian: rotativo |
 Czech: otáčivý |
 German: kreisend |
 Danish: roterende |
 Greek: περιστροφικός |
 Spanish: rotativo |
 Estonian: pöörlev |
 Farsi: چرخشی؛ دوار |
 Finnish: pyörivä |
 French: rotatif |
 Hebrew: סִיבּוּבִי |
 Hindi: घूर्णी |
 Croatian: kružan |
 Hungarian: (körben) forgó |
 Indonesian: berputar |
 Icelandic: sem snÿst í hring |
 Italian: rotatorio |
 Japanese: 回転の |
 Korean: 회전하는 |
 Lithuanian: rotacinis |
 Latvian: rotācijas-; rotējošs |
 Malay: berpusing |
 Dutch: draaiend |
 Norwegian: roterende, omdreiende |
 Polish: obrotowy |
 Persian: چرخشی؛ دوار |
 Pashto: څرخیدونکی |
 Portuguese: rotativo |
 Romanian: rotativ; de rotaţie |
 Russian: вращательный |
 Slovak: otáčavý |
 Slovenian: krožen |
 Serbian: obrtni |
 Swedish: roterande, rotations- |
 Thai: ซึ่งหมุนรอบ |
 Turkish: dönen |
 Taiwanese: 旋轉的 |
 Ukrainian: ротаційний |
 Urdu: گھومتا ہوا |
 Vietnamese: quay |
 Chinese: 旋转的 |
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