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rotary

[roh-tuh-ree] / ˈroʊ tə ri /


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That’s prompted more companies to take a fresh look at old combustion tech, including the rotary engine, and figure out new ways for gas power and battery power to work together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

That’s prompted more companies to take a fresh look at old combustion tech, including the rotary engine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The first rotary engines were pioneered in the late 1800s by French and American inventors, and made their way into early motorcycles and airplanes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The company built and flew a prototype of one such drone, in which batteries power the vertical takeoff and the rotary engine takes over for long-range horizontal flight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Even the simplest choice, like whether to have a Touch-Tone telephone or a rotary one, required enormous, painstaking deliberation.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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