Definition of rota

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Rota (n.) A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta..

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Crotaphite :: Crotaphite (n.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.
Maltose :: Maltose (n.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power..
Wheel :: Wheel (v. t.) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.
Sinistrin :: Sinistrin (n.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory..
Uvitonic :: Uvitonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid..
Rotator :: Rotator (n.) A revolving reverberatory furnace.
Mesorchium :: Mesorchium (n.) The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.
Equirotal :: Equirotal (a.) Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
Chromatoscope :: Chromatoscope (n.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars..
Milling :: Milling (n.) The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill..
Rolling :: Rolling (a.) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball..
Tract :: Tract (v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact..
Reversal :: Reversal (n.) The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the reversal of objects by a convex lens..
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office..
Following :: Following (a.) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding..
Rotatory :: Rotatory (n.) A rotifer.
Rotacism :: Rotacism (n.) See Rhotacism.
Kanchil :: Kanchil (n.) A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmaeus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning..
Apodosis :: Apodosis (n.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis..
Rotatoria :: Rotatoria (n. pl.) Same as Rotifera.
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