Rōtāˈrianism noun

rotary /rōˈtər-i/ adjective

1. Turning like a wheel
2. Of the nature of rotation
3. Working by rotation of a part
4. (with cap) of an international system of clubs, formed to encourage service to and within the community, with a wheel as a badge, each member being of a different occupation

1. A rotary apparatus
2. (with cap) a Rotary club
3. (with cap) Rotarianism
4. A traffic roundabout (N American)

rōtātˈable adjective

rōtāteˈ transitive verb and intransitive verb

1. To turn like a wheel
2. To put, take, go or succeed in rotation

rōˈtate adjective (botany)

1. Wheel-shaped
2. With united petals in a plane with almost no tube

rotāˈtion noun

1. A turning round like a wheel
2. Succession in definite order, as of crops
3. Recurrent order
4. The conformal transformation in which a particular arrangement is rotated about a fixed point (mathematics, etc)

rotāˈtional adjective

rotative /rōˈtə-tiv/ adjective

rotāˈtor noun

1. A person or thing that rotates
2. A muscle that rotates a part of the body on its axis (anatomy)

rotatory /rōˈtə-tər-i or rō-tātˈər-i/ adjective

Rotary

rōˈtavate or rōˈtovate transitive verb

(back-formation) to till by means of a rotavator

Rōˈtavator® or Rōˈtovator® noun

(rotary cultivator; also without cap) a motor-powered, hand-operated soil-tilling machine

rōˈtavirus noun

A wheel-shaped virus causing gastroenteritis

rotary engine noun

An engine with cylinders set in a circle, rotating around a fixed crankshaft

rotary index noun

A filing box with a central, rotating spine to which index cards are attached at one edge and rolled vertically

rotary press noun

A machine for printing from a revolving cylindrical forme