Revolves
[ri'vɔlvz]
Examples
- Inside it there revolves another cylinder, made also of thin sheet iron, and divided into four compartments, marked _d_, _d_, _d_, _d_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- This interior cylinder readily revolves on an axis, _g_, _g_, shown in the section of the instrument as seen edgewise. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The bolster is an upright sleeve bearing, in which the spindle revolves, and against which is sustained the pull of the band that drives the spindle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When politics revolves mechanically it ceases to use the real energies of a nation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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