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

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

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

The general effect of the rotatory motion of the spindle will be to produce a motion of the material of the lubricant in the field of these incepting forces.

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

The earth’s rotation is the original source of the rotatory movements, but both intensify the initial motion.

From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.