rotatory

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹəʊˈteɪtəɹi/

Adjective

rotatory (not comparable)

  1. 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.
  2. (obsolete) alternate or successive

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