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

Let a cylindrical vessel, of any considerable magnitude, be partially filled with water, and let the rotative motion be communicated to the fluid, by passing a rod repeatedly through its mass, in a circular course.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden

Modern airplane engines are designed to operate continuously at a fairly uniform high rotative speed and at full load over long periods of time.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred

The blow of the air due to its rotative whirling has in several cases proved sufficient to throw a heavy locomotive from the track of a well-constructed railway.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate