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rotatory
(encz) | rotatory,rotační adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Rotatory
(gcide) | Rotatory \Ro"ta*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. rotatoire. See Rotate,
Rotary.]
1. Turning as on an axis; rotary.
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2. Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession;
as, rotatory assembles. --Burke.
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3. (Opt.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization;
as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note
under polarization. --Nichol.
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Rotatory
(gcide) | Rotatory \Ro"ta*to*ry\, n. (Zool.)
A rotifer. [R.] --Kirby.
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rotatory
(wn) | rotatory
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial
or orbital turn [syn: rotatory, revolutionary] |
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dextrorotatory
(encz) | dextrorotatory,pravotočivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
levorotatory
(encz) | levorotatory, adj: |
rotatory joint
(encz) | rotatory joint, n: |
Circumrotatory
(gcide) | Circumrotary \Cir`cum*ro"tary\, Circumrotatory
\Cir`cum*ro"ta*to*ry\, a. [Pref. circum- + rotary, rotatory.]
turning, rolling, or whirling round.
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Dextrorotatory
(gcide) | Dextrorotatory \Dex`tro*ro"ta*to*ry\, a. [Dextro- + rotatory.]
(Chem. & Opt.)
Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp.,
turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the
right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf.
Levorotatory. Dextrorsal |
Laevorotatory
(gcide) | Laevorotatory \L[ae]"vo*ro"ta*to*ry\, a.
Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.
[1913 Webster]Levorotatory \Le`vo*ro"ta*to*ry\ (-r[=o]"t[.a]*t[-o]*r[y^]), a.
[Levo- + rotatory.] (Chem. & Physics)
Turning or rotating the plane of polarization of light
towards the left; -- applied to crystals and compounds
exhibiting optical activity, such as levulose, left-handed
quartz crystals, etc. Opposite of dextrorotatory. [Written
also l[ae]vorotatory.]
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laevorotatory
(gcide) | Laevorotatory \L[ae]"vo*ro"ta*to*ry\, a.
Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.
[1913 Webster]Levorotatory \Le`vo*ro"ta*to*ry\ (-r[=o]"t[.a]*t[-o]*r[y^]), a.
[Levo- + rotatory.] (Chem. & Physics)
Turning or rotating the plane of polarization of light
towards the left; -- applied to crystals and compounds
exhibiting optical activity, such as levulose, left-handed
quartz crystals, etc. Opposite of dextrorotatory. [Written
also l[ae]vorotatory.]
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levororotary levorotatory
(gcide) | counterclockwise \coun"ter*clock"wise\ adj. & adv.
in the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a
clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; --
of rotatory motion or spiral direction. Opposite of
clockwise, or right-handed
Note: [Narrower terms: sinistral {levororotary,
levorotatory}]
Syn: left-handed.
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Levorotatory
(gcide) | Levorotatory \Le`vo*ro"ta*to*ry\ (-r[=o]"t[.a]*t[-o]*r[y^]), a.
[Levo- + rotatory.] (Chem. & Physics)
Turning or rotating the plane of polarization of light
towards the left; -- applied to crystals and compounds
exhibiting optical activity, such as levulose, left-handed
quartz crystals, etc. Opposite of dextrorotatory. [Written
also l[ae]vorotatory.]
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Rotatory
(gcide) | Rotatory \Ro"ta*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. rotatoire. See Rotate,
Rotary.]
1. Turning as on an axis; rotary.
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2. Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession;
as, rotatory assembles. --Burke.
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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]Rotatory \Ro"ta*to*ry\, n. (Zool.)
A rotifer. [R.] --Kirby.
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rotatory engine
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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dextrorotatory
(wn) | dextrorotatory
adj 1: rotating to the right [syn: dextrorotary,
dextrorotatory, right-handed] |
levorotatory
(wn) | levorotatory
adj 1: rotating to the left [syn: levorotary, levorotatory,
left-handed] |
rotatory joint
(wn) | rotatory joint
n 1: a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to
rotation; "the articulation of the radius and ulna in the
arm is a pivot joint" [syn: pivot joint, rotary joint,
rotatory joint, articulatio trochoidea] |
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