rotatory

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So, when it comes to rotating players, is it really any wonder that managers are increasingly choosing to use domestic cup competitions as rotatory playgrounds?

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The sun's action is thus in a manner to force the inherent rotatory energy of the planet into the cyclical secondary operations, all of which converge alike towards the general atmospheric mechanism of return.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James

Under certain conditions the reversible energy cycle produces an important effect on the rotatory motion of the pendulum.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James

In each of the foregoing cases the ball is made to take, after striking another ball, or a cushion, a direction different from that which it would take did no such rotatory motion exist.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

For the purpose of illustration, let it be assumed that the pendulum is an isolated and conservative system endowed with a definite amount of rotatory energy.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James