Category:Rotatory

Ro"ta*to*ry, a. Etym: [cf. F. rotatoire. See rotate, rotary.]

1. Turning as on an axis; rotary.

2. Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, Rotatory assembles. Burke.

3. (opt.)

Defn: producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the Rotatory power of bodies on light. See the note under polarization. Nichol.

Rotatory Ro"ta*to*ry, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: a rotifer. [r.] Kirby.