rotary
/ˈɹəʊ.tə.ɹi/US/ˈɹoʊ.tə.ɹi/
rotary adjective: capable of rotation.
Adjective
rotary (not comparable)
- Capable of rotation.
- A rotary engine revolves the heads rather than having pistons go back and forth.
- Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was...1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63
Noun
rotary (plural rotaries)
- A roundabout, traffic circle.
- Any of the clubs making up the international Rotary International movement for community service.
rotary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rotary in Hindi
- रोटरी
rotary in Tamil
- சுழற்சிக்குரிய, சுழலும், சுழல்
rotary in Marathi
- रोटरी
rotary in Urdu
- دائر, گھومتا ہوا
More languagesFewer languages
- rotary in Bengali
- ঘূর্ণমান, ভ্রাম্যমাণ
- rotary in Telugu
- రోటరీ
- rotary in Malayalam
- ചാക്രികം, കറങ്ങുന്ന, അക്ഷത്തിനു ചുറ്റും കറങ്ങുന്ന, ചുറ്റുന്ന
- rotary in Kannada
- ಸುತ್ತು ತಿರುಗುವ, ಪರಿಭ್ರಾಮಕ, ವರ್ತುಲ ಚಲನೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ಉರುಳುವ
- rotary in Punjabi
- ਰੋਟਰੀ, ਰੋਟਰਰੀ
- rotary in Gujarati
- રોટરી
- rotary in Odia
- ରୋଟାରୀ
- rotary in Nepali
- रोटरी
Examples of rotary in a sentence
- In stage one, rats were pretrained to drink from a rotary device.
- We sowed the seeds, broadcasting with a rotary spreader.
- The crankshaft and connecting rods of an engine convert the rectilinear motion of the pistons to rotary motion of the flywheel.
Forms of rotary
| plural | rotaries |
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Origin of rotary
Attested mid 18th century, from Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota (“wheel”).
Words formed from rotary
- levorotary
- nonrotary
- Rotarian
- rotarily
- rotary beater
- rotary converter
- rotary-dial
- rotary dial
- rotary dialing
- rotary encoder
- rotary engine
- rotary evaporator
- rotary phone
- rotary press
- rotary printing press
- rotary razor
- rotary saw
- rotary shaver
- rotary switch
- rotary table
- rotary wing
- rotary-wing aircraft
- rotary-wing intercept
Phrases with rotary
- Rotary Club
- rotary saws
- rotary dials
- rotary wings
- rotary phones
- rotary tables
- rotary beaters
- rotary engines
- rotary presses
- rotary encoders
- rotary switches
- rotary converters
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about rotary
- What does rotary mean?
- Rotary means capable of rotation.
- What is rotary in Hindi?
- Rotary in Hindi is रोटरी. See Rotary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rotary?
- Rotary can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce rotary?
- Rotary is pronounced /ˈɹəʊ.tə.ɹi/ (UK).
Words near rotary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rotary (page history and authors); rotary (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rotary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rotary (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rotary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rotary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rotary (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rotary (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); rotary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rotary (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rotary (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rotary (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rotary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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