rotary 音標拼音: [r'otɚi]
a . 旋轉的,運轉的,輪流的,循環的
n . 旋轉運行的機器
旋轉的,運轉的,輪流的,循環的旋轉運行的機器
rotary 旋轉
rotary adj 1 :
relating to or characterized by rotation ; "
rotary dial "
2 :
describing a circle ;
moving in a circle ; "
the circular motion of the wheel " [
synonym : {
circular }, {
rotary }, {
orbitual }]
n 1 :
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island ; "
the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary " [
synonym : {
traffic circle }, {
circle }, {
rotary },
{
roundabout }]
2 :
electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa [
synonym :
{
synchronous converter }, {
rotary }, {
rotary converter }]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "
rotary ":
O -
shaped ,
alternate ,
ambagious ,
ascending ,
axial ,
back ,
back -
flowing ,
backhanded ,
backward ,
beating ,
carrefour ,
circling ,
circuitous ,
circular ,
circumgyratory ,
circumvolutory ,
cloverleaf ,
crossing ,
crosspoint ,
crossroad ,
crosswalk ,
crossway ,
cyclic ,
cyclonic ,
descending ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
devious ,
digressive ,
discursive ,
down -
trending ,
downward ,
drifting ,
epochal ,
even ,
every other ,
excursive ,
flowing ,
fluent ,
flying ,
flyover ,
going ,
grade crossing ,
gulfy ,
gyral ,
gyrational ,
gyratory ,
gyrostatic ,
helical ,
indirect ,
intercrossing ,
intermittent ,
intersection ,
isochronal ,
level crossing ,
meandering ,
measured ,
metronomic ,
mounting ,
oblique ,
orbital ,
oscillatory ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
overcrossing ,
overpass ,
passing ,
periodical ,
plunging ,
progressive ,
pulsing ,
reciprocal ,
recurrent ,
recurring ,
reflowing ,
refluent ,
regressive ,
retrogressive ,
rhythmic ,
rising ,
rotational ,
rotatory ,
round ,
roundabout ,
running ,
rushing ,
seasonal ,
serial ,
sideward ,
sinking ,
soaring ,
spiral ,
steady ,
streaming ,
swirly ,
tornadic ,
traffic circle ,
trochilic ,
undercrossing ,
undulant ,
undulatory ,
up -
trending ,
upward ,
vertiginous ,
viaduct ,
vortical ,
wavelike ,
wheeling ,
whirlabout ,
whirligig ,
whirlwindish ,
whirlwindy ,
whirly
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