What does "rotatory" mean?
Rotatory: Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles. Burke.
Additional senses
- 2.(Opt.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization. Nichol.
- 3.A rotifer. [R.] Kirby.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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