rotatory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn
    revolutionary.

WordNet

Ro"ta*to*ry adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. rotatoire. See Rotate, Rotary.
Definitions
  1. Turning as on an axis; rotary.
  2. Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles. Burke.
  3. (Opt.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization. Nichol.
Ro"ta*to*ry noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A rotifer. R. Kirby.

Webster 1913