rotative
adjective
engineeringspecializeduk/ˈrəʊ.tə.tɪv/us/ˈroʊ.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/(of amachine) having apartthatmovesaround in acircle:
Watt's rotativeengineispreservedin theScienceMuseum.
Samuel Cleggobtainedthepatentfor hishorizontalrotativeretort.
Synonym
rotary
- His many rotativeenginesall had aclumsyarrangementofbeamswithverticalcylinders.
- AVictoriansteamrotativebeamenginethatpumpedLondon's effluence fromitscentresofpopulationis beingrestored.
- He alsoobtainedthepatentfor his rotativegasmeterand self-actinggovernor.
Revolving, rotating and spinning
- around
- around and aroundidiom
- backspin
- birl
- centrifugal
- circuit
- rev
- revolve
- revolving
- rotary
- rotate
- rotation
- span
- spin
- swing
- twirling
- twirly
- underspin
- wheel round
- whirly