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Meanings of rotary in anglès
A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
Electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa.
Synonyms
Examples for "synchronous converter"
Examples for "synchronous converter"
1
Gee, these tubes and chokes, this millimeter and that rotary converter down below-they'd done a mighty job.
2
The little rotary converter whirred softly; there was no chance Warriner could hear it above the noise of the engine.
3
Smith seated himself beside a huge electrical machine, a rotary converter which he next indicated with a jerk of his thumb.
4
The outstanding feature of the Dubilier system is the production of sine waves of musical frequency from continuous current, thus dispensing with the rotary converter.
Usage of rotary in anglès
1
The rotary was knocked out; coal was running low in the chutes.
2
During continuous-flow LVAD support, pulsatility can be controlled using a rotary pump.
3
The timing may finally be right for a resurgence of the rotary.
4
The rectilinear motion of the piston-rod was thus converted into rotary motion.
5
Military cot beds, tangled cables and dust-covered rotary phones litter the rooms.
6
The Gnome rotary engine was first used with success at this meeting.
7
Victor went to the equipment cage and took down the rotary saws.
8
He observed that the motion was partly rotary, from left to right.
9
They use their mouths as scythes and their paws as rotary machines.
10
Beat these with a rotary egg beater until they are well mixed.
11
For that kind of a cut she's as good as a rotary.
12
Beat the egg whites with a whisk or rotary beater till frothy.
13
Fixed images, drawings or photos, the work of rotary presses and glossy paper.
14
Two hand-presses and a rotary polisher; that meant a supply of electric current.
15
Up ahead was a clogged rotary where six major thoroughfares converged.
16
Refreshments were already moving into the room on the rotary stage.
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Frequent collocations
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Rotary through the time
Rotary across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common