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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rotatory  \Ro"ta*to*ry\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  rotatoire  See  {Rotate}, 
  {Rotary}.] 
  1.  Turning  as  on  an  axis;  rotary. 
 
  2.  Going  in  a  circle;  following  in  rotation  or  succession; 
  as  rotatory  assembles.  --Burke. 
 
  3.  (Opt.)  Producing  rotation  of  the  plane  of  polarization; 
  as  the  rotatory  power  of  bodies  on  light.  See  the  Note 
  under  {polarization}.  --Nichol. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rotatory  \Ro"ta*to*ry\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  rotifer.  [R.]  --Kirby. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rotatory 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  or  causing  rotation




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