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

Side.—This is a rotatory motion put on a ball, making it spin on a perpendicular axis.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

If the vibratory movement is continuous, the rotatory velocity of the system will steadily increase in value.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James

He had discontinued all manual connection with his blue glasses; he had even pressed both hands together, in a rotatory, nervous way, while he went on speaking.

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

Following Stroke.—This is putting a rotatory motion on a ball, causing it to spin on a horizontal axis forwards instead of backwards.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis