Definition of rotatory

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

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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..
Levorotatory :: Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc..
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..
Circumrotatory :: Circumrotatory (a.) turning, rolling, or whirling round..
Laevorotatory :: Laevorotatory (a.) Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.
Lever :: Lever (n.) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it..
Revoluble :: Revoluble (a.) Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving.
Sinistrin :: Sinistrin (n.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory..
Dextrorotary :: Dextrorotary (a.) See Dextrotatory.
Gig :: Gig (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth..
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..
Peritropal :: Peritropal (a.) Rotatory; circuitous.
Dextrogyrate :: Dextrogyrate (a.) Same as Dextrorotatory.
Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Turning as on an axis; rotary.
Levo- :: Levo- () Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory..
Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization..
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 (n.) A rotifer.
Peristrephic :: Peristrephic (a.) Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama)..
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.
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