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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rotatory \Ro"ta*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. rotatoire. See Rotate,
     Rotary.]
     1. Turning as on an axis; rotary.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession;
        as, rotatory assembles. --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Opt.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization;
        as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note
        under polarization. --Nichol.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rotatory \Ro"ta*to*ry\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     A rotifer. [R.] --Kirby.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rotatory \Ro"ta*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. rotatoire. See Rotate,
     Rotary.]
     1. Turning as on an axis; rotary.
  
     2. Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession;
        as, rotatory assembles. --Burke.
  
     3. (Opt.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization;
        as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note
        under polarization. --Nichol.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rotatory \Ro"ta*to*ry\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     A rotifer. [R.] --Kirby.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  rotatory
       adj : of or relating to or causing rotation

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rotatory
     a.
     1 of, pertaining to, or causing rotation; rotational
     2 (lb en obsolete) alternate or successive

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  rotatory
     a.
     1 of, pertaining to, or causing rotation; rotational
     2 (lb en obsolete) alternate or successive

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  rotatory
     a.
     1 of, pertaining to, or causing rotation; rotational
     2 (lb en obsolete) alternate or successive

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  rotatory
     a.
     1 of, pertaining to, or causing rotation; rotational
     2 (lb en obsolete) alternate or successive

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Rotatory /ɹˈəʊtətˌəɹi/
  دائري

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  rotatory /ɹˈəʊtətˌəɹi/ 
  rotační

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rotatory /ɹˈəʊtətəɹi/
  abwechselnd, rotatorisch 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

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

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

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

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 回转的,使回转的,轮流的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 回转的,使回转的,轮流的

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