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Etymology edit

Compare French rotatif.

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rotative (comparative more rotative, superlative most rotative)

  1. Turning like a wheel; rotary; rotational.
    • 1882, March 9, "On the Conservation of Solar Energy", Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Nature
      This high rotative velocity of the sun must cause an equatorial rise of the solar atmosphere.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rotative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ.ta.tiv/
  • (file)

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rotative f (plural rotatives)

  1. rotary press

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Adjective edit

rotative

  1. feminine singular of rotatif

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ro.taˈti.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: ro‧ta‧tì‧ve

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rotative

  1. feminine plural of rotativo

Noun edit

rotative f

  1. plural of rotativa

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