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rotatory

/roh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // ˈroʊ təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //UK // (ˈrəʊtətərɪ, -trɪ) //

旋转式,旋转式的,转动式,旋转型

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or of the nature of rotation: rotatory motion.
    • : rotating, as an object.
    • : passing or following in rotation or succession.
    • : causing rotation, as a muscle.

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Examples

  • This product is dextro-rotatory; the laevo and inactive modifications occur in the so-called baldrianic camphor.

  • I have had no experience of the rotatory movements of earthquakes.

  • This serious objection has been removed by imparting, by means of clock-work, a uniform rotatory motion to the reflector.

  • Yes truly, few men that worship by the rotatory Calabash of the Calmucks do it in half so great, frank or effectual a way.

  • Few men that worship by the rotatory Calabash, do it in half so great, frank or effectual a way.