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
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(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)