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
It was at last the portable machine it remains to-day, and was placed wherever convenient, complete in itself and with the rotative motion adaptable for all manner of work.
From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie
Watt had perfected, with the aid of Murdoch, both the pumping-engine and the rotative steam-engine for application to mills.
From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Robert H. Thurston
This annulus may be raised or lowered without being resisted by the pressure of the steam, and in rotative engines it is usually worked by a cam on the shaft.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.
