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

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

The movement of the earth on its axis is rotative.

From Aeroplanes by Zerbe, James Slough

Soon after which, John Steed, who was engineer at Wasborough's mill, took a patent for a rotative motion with a crank, and applied it to their engine.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew