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

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

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

The following table compiled by the author gives the rotative velocities of various projectiles:   Calibre Inches Wt., lbs.

From The Development of Armor-piercing Shells with Suggestions for their Improvement by Zafra, Carlos de