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adjective
1.
turning or capable of turning around on an axis, as a wheel.
2.
taking place around an axis, as motion.
3.
having a part or parts that turn on an axis, as a machine.
noun
4.
a rotary device or machine.
5.
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. traffic circle.
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(initial capital letter) Rotary Club.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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rotary
1731, from M.L. rotarius "pertaining to wheels," from L. rota "wheel," from PIE base *roto- "to run, to turn, to roll" (cf. Skt. rathah "car, chariot;" Avestan ratho; Lith. ratas "wheel," ritu "I roll;" O.H.G. rad, Ger. Rad, Du. rad, O.Fris. reth, O.S. rath, O.Ir. roth, Welsh rhod "carriage wheel").
EXPAND The international service club (founded by Paul P. Harris in Chicago in 1905) so called from the practice of clubs entertaining in rotation. Hence Rotarian (1911).
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