rotative
English
editEtymology
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edit- Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Adjective
editrotative (comparative more rotative, superlative most rotative)
- 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.
- 1882, March 9, "On the Conservation of Solar Energy", Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Nature
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editPart 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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editFrench
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editNoun
editrotative f (plural rotatives)
Derived terms
editAdjective
editrotative
Further reading
edit- “rotative”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
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editAdjective
editrotative
Noun
editrotative f
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