Synonyms for rotary
adj turningtraffic circle
Word Origin & History
1731, from Medieval Latin rotarius "pertaining to wheels," from Latin rota "a wheel, a potter's wheel; wheel for torture," from PIE root *roto- "to run, to turn, to roll" (cf. Sanskrit rathah "car, chariot;" Avestan ratho; Lithuanian ratas "wheel," ritu "I roll;" Old High German rad, German Rad, Dutch rad, Old Frisian reth, Old Saxon rath, Old Irish roth, Welsh rhod "carriage wheel"). The international service club (founded by Paul P. Harris in Chicago in 1905) so called from the practice of clubs entertaining in rotation. Hence Rotarian (1911).
Example Sentences forrotary
On Model B a Holmes rotary 7-cylinder motor of 4x4-inch bore and stroke is used.
Sometimes the pan is shaken so that the dirt receives a rotary motion.
He swung it rigidly with the rotary and menacing action of a slinger: the 14-lb.
The log-hauler would not deliver the goods to the rotary saw.
I changed the movement from a reciprocating to a rotary motion.
It occurred to him that the ordinary engine might be adapted to give the rotary motion.
Place all ingredients in a bowl and beat well with a rotary egg beater.
This was the first rotary press made for a good grade of book-work.
He became a champion of the wheel, and of the rotary principle.
The one who planned it knew that the earth is a sphere and that its motion is rotary.