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Webster 1913 Edition
Rotatory
1.
Turning as on an axis; rotary.
2.
Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession;
as,
. rotatory
assemblesBurke.
3.
(Opt.)
Producing rotation of the plane of polarization;
as, the
. See the Note under rotatory
power of bodies on lightpolarization
. Nichol.
Ro′ta-to-ry
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A rotifer.
[R.]
Kirby.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rotatory
RO'TATORY
,Adj.
1.
Turning on an axis, as a wheel; rotary.2.
Going in a circle; following in succession; as rotatory assemblies.[This word is often used, probably by mistake, for rotary. It may be regularly formed from rotator, but not with the exact sense in which it is used. With rotator for its original, it would signify causing rather than being in a circular motion. The true word is rotary.]
Definition 2024
rotatory
rotatory
English
Adjective
rotatory
- of, pertaining to, or causing rotation
- alternate or successive
- Burke
- rotatory assemblies
- Burke
Derived terms
- rotatory nystagmus
- rotatory power