Crossword-Solution: ROTATORY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Rotatory | a. | Turning as on an axis; rotary. |
| Rotatory | a. | Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles. |
| Rotatory | a. | Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization. |
| Rotatory | n. | A rotifer. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “ROTATORY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Of a circular motion | 1 answer |
| of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn | 1 answer |
| of, relating to, possessing, or causing rotation | 1 answer |
| Taking turns? | 4 answers |
| revolving | 13 answers |
| Spinning | 45 answers |
| Whirling | 45 answers |
| successive | 50 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAEA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with ROTATORY (5)
His new engine was called the Pyramidal, because of its form, and was the first move towards what are now called Direct-acting Engines, in which the lateral movement of the piston is communicated by connecting-rods to the rotatory movement of the crank-shaft.
Meanwhile our rotatory island loaded with predatory life, and more drenched with blood, both animal and vegetable, than ever mutinied ship, scuds through space with unimaginable speed, and turns alternate cheeks to the reverberation of a blazing world, ninety million miles away.
These shells rather hang on than cover the bodies, which have a pair of lobes, around which vibrate minute cilia in such a manner as to give them an appearance of rotatory motion.
With a rotatory motion of his head, and a wheeze very like the cough of a horse, the Major then conducted his visitor to the sitting-room, and there welcomed him (having now composed his feelings) with the freedom and frankness of a travelling companion.
The rotatory movement caused by wind was stopped by an experimenter in the Russo-Japanese war, who fixed to the captive observation balloons a fin which acted as a rudder.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1973–2014).