Rotate
[rə(ʊ)'teɪt] or ['rotet]
Definition
(verb.) plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; 'We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil'.
(verb.) perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; 'Interns have to rotate for a few months'.
(verb.) cause to turn on an axis or center; 'Rotate the handle'.
(verb.) exchange on a regular basis; 'We rotate the lead soprano every night'.
Typist: Nora--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
(v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
(v. i.) To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
(v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
(v. i.) To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
Typist: Phil
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Revolve, wheel, whirl, turn, gyrate, circulate, go round, turn round.
Typed by Benjamin
Examples
- Steam admitted into the globe from the cauldron escaped through the side pipes, and its pressure on these pipes caused the globe to rotate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- During the motion of the coil, a strong deflection of the galvanometer is observed; but the deflection ceases as soon as the coil ceases to rotate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Proper reversals of the current are accompanied by continuous motion, and since the disk and shaft rotate with the coil, there is continuous rotation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The wind strikes the sails, and causes rotation; and the stronger the wind blows, the faster will the wheel rotate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Finger pawls, working into ratchets at the ends of the roller, serve to rotate it after each line is printed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The wheel and axle consists of a large wheel and a small axle so fastened that they rotate together. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But the stronger the current through the coil, the stronger will be the force tending to rotate the coil, and hence the less effective will be the hindrance of the twisting string. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Let it suffice h ere to state that Rutherford assumes that the greater mass of the atom consis ts o f negatively charged particles rotating about a positive nucle us. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The surplus water is best removed by centrifugal pumps, since sand and sticks which would clog the valves of an ordinary pump are passed along without difficulty by the rotating wheel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This machine contains a number of rotating beaters and high-pressure streams of water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When rotating at the rate of 788 revolutions in a minute, and lifting the water 19·4 feet, the greatest practical effect, compared with the power employed, was attained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Subsequent changes involved the rotating of the cylinder instead of the wheels and many modifications in the form of the wheels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It has six chambers in the rotating breech, and is furnished with a barytes lock and one priming pan, to fire all the chambers. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- If a mirror or any other polished surface is held in the path of a sunbeam, some of the light is reflected, and by rotating the mirror the reflected sunbeam may be made to take any path. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The chalk was rotated by hand. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In this instance, also, the breech is rotated by hand. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- A vertical shaft D is rotated constantly by a band on pulley _d_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The record is constantly rotated until its entire surface is coated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Although the weight is estimated at several tons, so sensitive is its poise on the mercury that the enormous lantern may be easily rotated by the pressure of one’s finger. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The revolving disk-shaped cutter E is rotated by a pulley and belt from a drum, which latter is made long enough to accommodate the travel of the frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This, when rotated about its diameter, to bring alternately the bird and cage into view, appears to bring the bird into the cage, or to put the rider on the horse’s back, as the case may be. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As the wheel rotates, its motion is communicated to a mechanical device which makes use of it to raise and lower a plunger, and hence as long as the wind turns the windmill, water is raised. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Usually a delicate pointer is attached to the movable coil and rotates freely with it, so that the swing of the pointer indicates the relative values of the current. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the current which enters at _B_ flows through the wire, the coil rotates, tending to set itself so that its north face is opposite the south face of the magnet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But the speed with which _W_ is raised is only one third the speed with which the small wheel rotates, or increase in power has been at the decrease of speed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A general circulatory motion is in fact established ultimately in one direction about the central mass, which receiving new particl es from the encircling current rotates in harmony with it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As long as the coil rotates between the poles of the magnet, current flows. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As a result the coil rotates continuously, and produces motion so long as current is supplied from without. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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