semi-rotaryadj.
Partly rotary.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > partly rotating
semi-rotatory1826
semi-rotative1846
semi-rotary1850
semi-rotating1881
1850 in Woodcroft App. Specif. Pat. Reaping Machines (1853) 99 The part N moves by a lateral and semi-rotary motion.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 796 Semi-rotary Engine, an engine between a reciprocating and rotary one.
Derivatives
ˌsemi-roˈtating adj.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > partly rotating
semi-rotatory1826
semi-rotative1846
semi-rotary1850
semi-rotating1881
1881 T. Wardle Handbk. Wild Silks India 30 A semi-rotating brush is placed over them [cocoons], which quickly catches the exterior fibres of each cocoon.
semi-ˈrotative adj.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > partly rotating
semi-rotatory1826
semi-rotative1846
semi-rotary1850
semi-rotating1881
1846 Mechanics' Mag. 3 Oct. 314 Soutter's Patent Semirotative Pump.
semi-ˈrotatory adj.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > partly rotating
semi-rotatory1826
semi-rotative1846
semi-rotary1850
semi-rotating1881
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 671 Upon these the tibia turns, with a semirotatory motion up and down as upon a pair of pivots.
1851 G. A. Mantell Petrifactions iii. 233 (note) There are some of the large Monitors which can give a semi-rotatory motion to the back teeth.
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