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rotary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɹoʊ.tə.ɹi/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹəʊ.tə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Attested mid 18th century, from Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota (“wheel”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Capable of rotation.
    • 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 about 0.5 ml. 1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63:
    • A rotary engine revolves the heads rather than having pistons go back and forth.

Deriveds

rotary wing · levorotary · rotary phone · rotary saw · nonrotary · rotary beater · rotary shaver · rotary-dial · Rotarian · rotary dialing · rotary razor · rotary engine · rotarily · rotary-wing intercept · rotary printing press · rotary-wing aircraft · rotary switch · rotary encoder · rotary converter · rotary evaporator · rotary table · rotary dial · rotary press

Translations (16)

es giratorio (capable of rotation) · es rotatorio (capable of rotation) · ro rotatoriu (capable of rotation) · es rotador (capable of rotation) · fr rotatif (capable of rotation) · cs otáčivý (capable of rotation) · ro rotativ (capable of rotation) · cs otočný (capable of rotation) · es rotativo (capable of rotation) · bg ротационен (capable of rotation) · de rotierbar (capable of rotation) · bg въртящ се (capable of rotation) · cs rotační (capable of rotation) · de rotierend (capable of rotation) · fi pyörivä (capable of rotation) · es girante (capable of rotation)

rotary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɹoʊ.tə.ɹi/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹəʊ.tə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Attested mid 18th century, from Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota (“wheel”).

Meanings

  1. (Atlantic-Canada, New-England) A roundabout, traffic circle.
  2. (with initial capital) Any of the clubs making up the international Rotary International movement for community service.

Forms

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rotaries Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi rotariklubi (club in Rotary movement)