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

The loss of time due to the reduced rotative speed of work would of course be in proportion to that reduction, or in the ratio of 35 to 50.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The hydraulic feed is an improvement on the above, in that the rate of feed is independent of the rotative speed of the rods and can be adjusted with the utmost nicety.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various