rotative
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They also create rotative engine discs by carving out large pieces of titanium and other metals.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2020
In fifth place, with 10% of the votes, was the Crossness Engine House, and the James Watt rotative beam engine.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2014
Let a cylindrical vessel, of any considerable magnitude, be partially filled with water, and let the rotative motion be communicated to the fluid, by passing a rod repeatedly through its mass, in a circular course.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Thomas Belden Butler
Rotatory engines have not hitherto been very successful, so that only the single acting or pumping engine, and the double acting or rotative engine can be said to be in actual use.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.
When a high piston speed is obtained by great length of piston stroke, and not by high rotative speed, their use is less objectionable.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
