Bible Dictionaries
Rotatory

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Turning as on an axis; rotary.

(2):

(n.) A rotifer.

(3):

(a.) Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles.

(4):

(a.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rotatory'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rotatory.html. 1828.