ROTARY MOTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rotary motion mean? 

• ROTARY MOTION (noun)
  The noun ROTARY MOTION has 1 sense:

1. the act of rotating as if on an axis

  Familiarity information: ROTARY MOTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROTARY MOTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of rotating as if on an axis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rotary motion; rotation

Context example:

the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music

Hypernyms ("rotary motion" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rotary motion"):

circumvolution (the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis)

feather; feathering (turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls)

gyration; whirling (the act of rotating in a circle or spiral)

pivot (the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot)

pronation (rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward)

spin; twirl; twist; twisting; whirl (the act of rotating rapidly)

spiral (flying downward in a helical path with a large radius)

supination (rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward)

turn; twist (turning or twisting around (in place))

twist; wind; winding (the act of winding or twisting)

turnout ((ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip)

 Context examples 

He was entranced by illumination, and did not hear the Bughouse, whispered by Jim, nor see the anxiety on his sister's face, nor notice the rotary motion of Bernard Higginbotham's finger, whereby he imparted the suggestion of wheels revolving in his brother-in-law's head.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)