Rotative

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rotative \Ro"ta*tive\, a. [Cf. F. rotatif.]
     turning, as a wheel; rotary; rotational.
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           This high rotative velocity of the sun must cause an
           equatorial rise of the solar atmosphere. --Siemens.


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     {Rotative engine}, a steam engine in which the reciprocating
        motion of the piston is transformed into a continuous
        rotary motion, as by means of a connecting rod, a working
        beam and crank, or an oscillating cylinder.
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