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  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Rotary engine, steam engine in which the continuous
        rotation of the shaft is produced by the direct action of
        the steam upon rotating devices which serve as pistons,
        instead of being derived from a reciprocating motion, as
        in the ordinary engine; a steam turbine; -- called also
        rotatory engine.
  
     Rotary pump, a pump in which the fluid is impelled by
        rotating devices which take the place of reciprocating
        buckets or pistons.
  
     Rotary shears, shears, as for cloth, metal, etc., in which
        revolving sharp-edged or sharp-cornered wheels do the
        cutting.
  
     Rotary valve, a valve acting by continuous or partial
        rotation, as in the four-way cock.
        [1913 Webster]

  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.
  
     Rotary engine, steam engine in which the continuous
        rotation of the shaft is produced by the direct action of
        the steam upon rotating devices which serve as pistons,
        instead of being derived from a reciprocating motion, as
        in the ordinary engine; a steam turbine; -- called also
        rotatory engine.
  
     Rotary pump, a pump in which the fluid is impelled by
        rotating devices which take the place of reciprocating
        buckets or pistons.
  
     Rotary shears, shears, as for cloth, metal, etc., in which
        revolving sharp-edged or sharp-cornered wheels do the
        cutting.
  
     Rotary valve, a valve acting by continuous or partial
        rotation, as in the four-way cock.

  rotary
       adj 1: relating to or characterized by rotation; "rotary dial"
       2: marked by or moving in a circle [syn: circular]
       n 1: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a
            central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the
            rotary" [syn: traffic circle, circle, roundabout]
       2: electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine
          that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa
          [syn: synchronous converter, rotary converter]

  rotary
     a.
     Capable of rotation.
     n.
     1 (lb en New England, Atlantic Canada) A roundabout, traffic circle.
     2 (lb en mostly with initial capital) Any of the clubs making up the
  international (w: Rotary International) movement for community service.

  rotary
     a.
     Capable of rotation.
     n.
     1 (lb en New England, Atlantic Canada) A roundabout, traffic circle.
     2 (lb en mostly with initial capital) Any of the clubs making up the
  international (w: Rotary International) movement for community service.

  rotary
     a.
     Capable of rotation.
     n.
     1 (lb en New England, Atlantic Canada) A roundabout, traffic circle.
     2 (lb en mostly with initial capital) Any of the clubs making up the
  international (w: Rotary International) movement for community service.

  rotary
     a.
     Capable of rotation.
     n.
     1 (lb en New England, Atlantic Canada) A roundabout, traffic circle.
     2 (lb en mostly with initial capital) Any of the clubs making up the
  international (w: Rotary International) movement for community service.

  rotary
     Englanti a.
     kierto-, pyörivä, rotaatio-, pyörö-
     Englanti n.
     1 roottori
     2 (''Uudessa Englannissa'') liikenneympyrä
     3 (''isolla alkukirjaimella'') rotari, rotariklubi

  Rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/
  دوّار

  rotary //ˈɹoʊtəɹi// 
  въртящ се, ротационен
  capable of rotation

  rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/ 
  otočný

  rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/ 
  točivý

  rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/
   [Am.] Kreisverkehr , Verteilerkreis , Verkehrskreisel , Kreiselverkehr , Kreisel  [ugs.] , Rondelle  [Schw.]  [auto]
     Synonyms: roundabout traffic, roundabout, traffic circle
  

  rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/
  Rotationsdruckmaschine , Rotationsmaschine  [print]
        "rotary printing presses"  - Rotationsdruckmaschinen, Rotationsmaschinen
        "sheet-fed rotary press"  - Bogen-Rotationsdruckmaschine, Bogenrotationsmaschine
        "sheet-fed rotary machine"  - Bogen-Rotationsdruckmaschine, Bogenrotationsmaschine
     Synonyms: rotary printing press, rotary press, rotary machine
  
   see: rotary presses, rotary machines, rotaries
  

  rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/
  rotierend, sich drehend , Rotations…, Dreh…
     Synonym: rotatory
  

  rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/
  umlaufend, rotierend, Umlauf …  [techn.]
           Note: sich um seine Achse drehend
     Synonyms: revolving, rotating, rotational, rotatory
  

  rotary //ˈɹoʊtəɹi// 
  pyörivä
  capable of rotation

  rotary //ˈɹoʊtəɹi// 
  rotariklubi
  club in Rotary movement

  rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/ 
  1. घूर्णी
        "Carpenters use rotary drill machines to make holes in the walls.    "

  rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/
  koji se okreće, koji se vrti, obrtan

  rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/
  1. körben forgó
  2. körforgalom
  3. forgó

  rotary /ˈrəʊtərɪ/ 
    obrotowy, rotacyjny

  rotary /ɹˈəʊtəɹi/
  1. çark gibi dönen ekseni üzerinde dönen, dönel
  2. (çoğ.) devir makinası. Rotary Club 1905'te Chicago'da kurulan milletlerarası sosyal bir dernek. rotary engine dönel devimli motor. rotary harrow döner tapan. rotary press rotatif.

  Rotary
  Rotary

  
/ˈɹoʊtɝi/

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "rotary":
     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
  
  

  a. 旋转的,运转的;

     a. 旋转的,运转的,轮流的,循环的
     n. 旋转运行的机器