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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.

See Rhotacism.

Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary. [R.]

Any fossil foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in the chalk formation. See Illust. under Rhizopod.

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 rec…

Same as Gyroscope, 1.

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.

Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate.

nd 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.

turning, as a wheel; rotary; rotational. This high rotative velocity of the sun must cause an equatorial rise of the solar atmosphere. Siemens. Rotative engine, a steam engine in which the reciprocating motion of the piston is transformed into a continuous rotary motion, as by means of a connecting rod, a working beam…

that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.

Same as Rotifera.

Turning as on an axis; rotary.

The instep or front of the tarsus.

A medical certificate that a student is ill.

The positive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on aërobic and anaërobic bacteria. -- A`ër*o*tac"tic (#), a.

A small ruminant of the family Tragulidæ a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

turning, rolling, or whirling round.

To rotate about. [R.]

The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round. J. Gregory.