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Rotator :: Rotator (n.) that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis..

Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles..

Dextrorotatory :: Dextrorotatory (a.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory..

Peristrephic :: Peristrephic (a.) Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama)..

Sinistrin :: Sinistrin (n.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory..

Gig :: Gig (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth..

Racemic :: Racemic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids..

Revoluble :: Revoluble (a.) Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving.

Levo- :: Levo- () Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory..

Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Turning as on an axis; rotary.

Dextrogyrate :: Dextrogyrate (a.) Same as Dextrorotatory.

Dextrorotary :: Dextrorotary (a.) See Dextrotatory.

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.

Laevorotatory :: Laevorotatory (a.) Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.

Rotary :: Rotary (a.) Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion..

Circumrotatory :: Circumrotatory (a.) turning, rolling, or whirling round..

Rotator :: Rotator (n.) A revolving reverberatory furnace.

Irrotational :: Irrotational (a.) Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; -- said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.

Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization..

Lever :: Lever (n.) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it..

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