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 blow of the air due to its rotative whirling has in several cases proved sufficient to throw a heavy locomotive from the track of a well-constructed railway.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

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

Modern airplane engines are designed to operate continuously at a fairly uniform high rotative speed and at full load over long periods of time.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred