adjective, noun
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 (of a movement) moving in a circle around a central fixed point:
rotary motion
2 (of a machine or piece of equipment) having parts that move in this way:
a rotary engine
noun (plural rotaries) (AmE) = ROUNDABOUT
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for rotary is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does rotary appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — rotary appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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