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A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.
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An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow. Cf. Vireton.
imp. & p. p.
of Rotate
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Rotate
v. i.
To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles.
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Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
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Turning as on an axis; rotary.
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Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate.
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Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization.
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Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles.
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that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.
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Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.
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Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.
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An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members.
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Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary.
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Any fossil foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in the chalk formation. See Illust. under Rhizopod.
v. i.
To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
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Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
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turning, as a wheel; rotary; rotational.
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The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution.
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