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rotatory

rotatory is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles. Burke.
  2. 2.(Opt.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization. Nichol.
  3. 3.A rotifer. [R.] Kirby.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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