rotatory
/ɹəʊˈteɪtəɹi/
rotatory adjective: alternate or successive. Also the alternative form of rotational.
Adjective
rotatory (not comparable)
- alternate or successive
- unconnected, rotatory, biennial national assemblies1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC
Also used as
rotatory is also the alternative form of rotational.
Words formed from rotatory
- circumrotatory
- conrotatory
- dextrorotatory
- dextrotatory
- disrotatory
- levorotatory
- oculorotatory
- optical rotatory dispersion
- postrotatory
- rotatory nystagmus
- rotatory power
- sinistrorotatory
Questions about rotatory
- What does rotatory mean?
- Rotatory means alternate or successive.
- What part of speech is rotatory?
- Rotatory is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce rotatory?
- Rotatory is pronounced /ɹəʊˈteɪtəɹi/.
Words near rotatory in the dictionary
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