rotary

rotary
Synonyms and related words:
O-shaped, alternate, ambagious, ascending, axial, back, back-flowing, backhanded, backward, beating, carrefour, circling, circuitous, circular, circumgyratory, circumvolutory, cloverleaf, crossing, crosspoint, crossroad, crosswalk, crossway, cyclic, cyclonic, descending, deviating, deviative, devious, digressive, discursive, down-trending, downward, drifting, epochal, even, every other, excursive, flowing, fluent, flying, flyover, going, grade crossing, gulfy, gyral, gyrational, gyratory, gyrostatic, helical, indirect, intercrossing, intermittent, intersection, isochronal, level crossing, meandering, measured, metronomic, mounting, oblique, orbital, oscillatory, out-of-the-way, overcrossing, overpass, passing, periodical, plunging, progressive, pulsing, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, reflowing, refluent, regressive, retrogressive, rhythmic, rising, rotational, rotatory, round, roundabout, running, rushing, seasonal, serial, sideward, sinking, soaring, spiral, steady, streaming, swirly, tornadic, traffic circle, trochilic, undercrossing, undulant, undulatory, up-trending, upward, vertiginous, viaduct, vortical, wavelike, wheeling, whirlabout, whirligig, whirlwindish, whirlwindy, whirly

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  • Rotary — International Logo de Rotary International Contexte général Champs d action Servir l’intérêt général et faire progresser l entente et la paix dans le monde. Zone d influence …   Wikipédia en Français

  • rotary — [ rɔtari ] n. m. • 1931; mot angl.; lat. rotarius, de rota « roue » ♦ Anglic. Techn. 1 ♦ Appareil de sondage par rotation. 2 ♦ (1953) Système de téléphone automatique. Des rotarys. ● rotary nom masculin (anglais rotary, rotatif) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Rotary — Ro ta*ry, a. [L. rota a wheel. See {Roll}, v., and cf. {barouche}, {Rodomontade}, {Rou[ e]}, {Round}, a., {Rowel}.] Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rotary — ► ADJECTIVE 1) revolving around a centre or axis. 2) acting by means of rotation; having a rotating part or parts: a rotary mower. ► NOUN (pl. rotaries) 1) a rotary machine or device. 2) N. Amer. a traffic roundabout. 3) ( …   English terms dictionary

  • rotary — [rōt′ə rē] adj. [ML rotarius < L rota, wheel: see ROLL] 1. turning around a central point or axis, as a wheel; rotating 2. a) having a rotating part or parts b) having blades that rotate on a hub rather than a reel [a rotary lawn mower] 3 …   English World dictionary

  • rotary — RÓTARY Sistem de foraj mecanic cu circulaţie continuă de fluid şi cu rotirea garniturii de foraj. [pr.: rắutări] – cuv. engl. Trimis de LauraGellner, 14.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  rotáry s. n. [pron. tă ri] Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa:… …   Dicționar Român

  • rotary — rotary, rotatory Both are 18c formations and each has a wide range of uses, but in current use rotary is much commoner …   Modern English usage

  • rotary — (adj.) 1731, from M.L. rotarius pertaining to wheels, from L. rota wheel, from PIE root *roto to run, to turn, to roll (Cf. Skt. rathah car, chariot; Avestan ratho; Lith. ratas wheel, ritu I roll; O.H.G. rad, Ger …   Etymology dictionary

  • rotary — [adj] turning encircling, gyral, gyratory, revolving, rotating, rotational, rotatory, spinning, vertiginous, vorticular, whirligig, whirling; concepts 581,584 …   New thesaurus

  • Rotary — Rotation Rotary can refer to: * Rotary dial, a rotating telephone dial * Rotary engine, a type of internal combustion engine from the early 20th century * Rotary International, a service organization * Rotary milking shed, a type of milking shed… …   Wikipedia

  • rotary — adj. & n. adj. acting by rotation (rotary drill; rotary pump). n. (pl. ies) 1 a rotary machine. 2 US a traffic roundabout. 3 (Rotary) (in full Rotary International) a worldwide charitable society of businessmen, orig. named from members… …   Useful english dictionary

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