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
The favorable economical effect of high rotative speed, per se, was very apparent.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various
In 1816 Clegg obtained a patent for a horizontal rotating retort; for an apparatus for purifying coal-gas with "cream of lime"; and for a rotative gas-meter.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh
In other words, a fly wheel is not a source of power, and in many cases it is only a means by which we accomplish rotative speed.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various
