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

The favorable economical effect of high rotative speed, per se, was very apparent.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various

One form of apparatus for the propagation of rotative oscillations is shown to the left of Fig.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 by Various

The introduction of the centrifugal pump would obviously extinguish the single acting engine, as rotative engines working at a high speed would be the most appropriate form of engine where the centrifugal pump was employed.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.