rotatory
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So, when it comes to rotating players, is it really any wonder that managers are increasingly choosing to use domestic cup competitions as rotatory playgrounds?
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
Owing to the rotatory motion of the globe and also to the curve of the coasts, the Stream follows a constant direction to the north-east.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various
A definite amount of its original rotatory energy is now stored in the central spring and also in the radial springs.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James
Under certain conditions the reversible energy cycle produces an important effect on the rotatory motion of the pendulum.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James
Rō′tary, turning round like a wheel: rotatory: held in rotation.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
