rotatory

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈteɪtəɹi/

Adjective

rotatory (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of rotational
   • 1808, John Barclay, The Muscular Motions of the Human Body‎^[1], →OCLC, page 396:

     It is also obvious, and proved by experiment, that the rotatory motions observed in the hand proceed from the rotatory motions of the radius.

2. (obsolete) alternate or successive
   • 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:

     unconnected, rotatory, biennial national assemblies

Derived terms

• optical rotatory dispersion
• rotatory nystagmus
• rotatory power

See also

• rotary