ROTATORY

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Turning as on an axis; rotary.

2.
a.

Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles. Burke.

3.
a.

Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization. Nichol.

4.
n.

A rotifer. [R.] Kirby.


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