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rotatable Definition


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rotate
verb rotated, rotating
    tr & intr
    1. To turn or make something turn about an axis like a wheel; to revolve.
      Thesaurus: revolve, spin, turn, pivot, reel, pirouette, gyrate, wheel.
    2. To arrange in an ordered sequence.
    intr
    3. To change position, take turns in doing something, etc according to an ordered sequence.
      Thesaurus: switch, alternate, interchange.
    4. To grow (different crops) in an ordered sequence on the same ground to avoid exhausting the soil and to resist the onset of plant-specific diseases.
adj
    1. bot.
      Said of the petals of a corolla: wheel-shaped; radiating like the spokes of a wheel.
Derivative: rotatable
adj
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin rotare, rotatum, from rota wheel.



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