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

One day, when I was playing, I made too much movement with my hand in a rotatory sort of a passage where it was difficult to avoid it.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy

They exhibit rotatory or oscillatory movements, especially observed when a drop of water is added to the fluid.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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

If the influx of energy were continuous, and no means were existent for a corresponding efflux, the rotatory velocity of the system would steadily increase.

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