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Definition of rotates

Rotate
Rotate Ro"tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotating.] 1. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve. 2. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
Rotate
Rotate Ro"tate, a. [L. rotatus, p. p. of rotare to turn round like a wheel, fr. rota wheel. See Rotary, and cf. Roue.] 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.

Meaning of rotates from wikipedia

- The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the human shoulder and allow for its extensive range of motion. Of the...
- In some forms of dela**** blowback, the rotating bolt is used as the delay mechanism: the bolt head rotates as the firing pin strikes, locking the chamber...
- A polarization rotator is an optical device that rotates the polarization axis of a linearly polarized light beam by an angle of choice. Such devices...
- Polarization rotator, an optical device that rotates the polarization axis of a linearly polarized light beam by an angle of choice Faraday rotator, a polarization...
- Contra-rotating, also referred to as coaxial contra-rotating, is a technique whereby parts of a mechanism rotate in opposite directions about a common...
- In the days of printing with metal type sorts, it was common to rotate letters and digits 180° to create new symbols. This was a cheap way to extend the...
- Rotating bookmarks were a kind of bookmark used in medieval Europe. They were attached to a string, along which a marker could be slid up and down to mark...
- reflecting telescopes and solar cookers. The furnace includes a mechanism that rotates an open-topped container at constant speed around a vertical axis. A quantity...
- Rotating beacon may refer to: Aerobeacon, a light ****embly used to create a fixed or flashing signal visible over long distances Aerodrome beacon, a beacon...
- Rotating unbalance is the uneven distribution of m**** around an axis of rotation. A rotating m****, or rotor, is said to be out of balance when its center...