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Rotary Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Rotary has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

"the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

2

electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa

"The old power plant relied on several rotary converters to transform alternating current into direct current before it reached the factory."

3

A traffic circle.

"Drivers must yield to pedestrians before entering the busy rotary on Main Street."

Adjective
1

relating to or characterized by rotation

"rotary dial"

2

describing a circle; moving in a circle

"the circular motion of the wheel"

3

Capable of rotation.

Example Sentences
"the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" noun
"rotary dial" adjective
"the circular motion of the wheel" adjective
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
junction electrical converter

Origin

The word rotary entered English in the mid-18th century from Medieval Latin rotarius, which originally meant "of a wheel." It derives directly from the Latin noun rota, signifying a wheel.

Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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