rotary
Capable of rotation.
Example
“A rotary engine revolves the heads rather than having pistons go back and forth.”
Related words
- levorotary
- nonrotary
- Rotarian
- rotarily
- rotary switch
- rotary beater
- rotary converter
- rotary razor
- rotary shaver
- rotary dial
- rotary encoder
- rotary engine
Word history
From Latin "rota" (wheel).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rotary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.