Rotator definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ROTA'TOR, n. [L.] That ... part. Etymology: L (as ROTATE(1)) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rotator Ro*ta"tor, n. [L.] 1. (Anat.) that which gives ...
... a jet engine" Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: contraction of rotator Date: 1903 1. a. a part that revolves in a ... on a helicopter, providing lift when rotated. Etymology: irreg. for ROTATOR Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rotor Ro"tor, n. (Elec.) The ... paddle wheel, piston, prop, propellant, propeller, propulsor, roller, rolling stone, rotator, roundabout, rundle, screw, screw propeller, top, turbine, twin screws, wheel ...
Rotatory definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary RO'TATORY, a. [from rotator.] 1. Turning on an axis, as a wheel; rotary. 2 ... by mistake, for rotary. It may be regularly formed from rotator, but not with the exact sense in which it is used. With rotator for its original, it would signify causing rather than being ...
... phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards (e.g. rotator, nurses run). Derivatives: palindromic adj. palindromist n. Etymology: Gk palindromos ...