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Rotatory
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A rotifer. [R.] Kirby.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Turning as on an axis; rotary.
2. Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles. Burke.
3. Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization. Nichol.