rotative
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Adjective
rotative (comparative more rotative, superlative most rotative)
- Turning like a wheel; rotary; rotational.
- 1882, March 9, "On the Conservation of Solar Energy", Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Nature
- This high rotative velocity of the sun must cause an equatorial rise of the solar atmosphere.
- 1882, March 9, "On the Conservation of Solar Energy", Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Nature
Derived terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rotative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
rotative f (plural rotatives)
Derived terms
Adjective
rotative
Further reading
- “rotative”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
rotative
Noun
rotative f
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