adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a rotary dial phone
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the rotary movement of the helicopter's blades
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beat in eggs one at a time, using a rotary beater, until satiny and fluffy.
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Between these two displays are the rotary encoder control and four push buttons.
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Men's razors some in two styles, either with a foil head or with rotary heads.
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Not long after our purchase, the rotary engine, well, melted.
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Telephones used to have slower rotary dials.
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The Linotype machine and high-capacity rotary press produced mass circulation newspapers, which-until radio and television came along-largely replaced personal-encounter politics.
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There were about 45 rotary steam corn mills built before 1800.
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This in turn made it a simple matter to adapt Watt's engine to provide rotary motion.