rotative

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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

I have fixed my mind upon making from twelve to fifteen reciprocating engines and fifty rotative engines per annum.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

I do not say, "The tables turn because my fluid is rotative."

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

Let a cylindrical vessel, of any considerable magnitude, be partially filled with water, and let the rotative motion be communicated to the fluid, by passing a rod repeatedly through its mass, in a circular course.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden