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rotative

[roh-tey-tiv] / ˈroʊ teɪ tɪv /


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They also create rotative engine discs by carving out large pieces of titanium and other metals.

From Washington Times Dec. 23, 2020

In fifth place, with 10% of the votes, was the Crossness Engine House, and the James Watt rotative beam engine.

From BBC Oct. 6, 2014

The polar current reaches the surface on the borders of the trades with less rotative velocity than the surface, and is, therefore, met by the surface as a current partaking of both motions.

From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Thomas Bassnett

The movement of the earth on its axis is rotative.

From Aeroplanes by James Slough Zerbe

In other words, a fly wheel is not a source of power, and in many cases it is only a means by which we accomplish rotative speed.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various




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