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- Rota - n. - An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members.
- Rota - n. - A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament.
- Rota - n. - A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta.
- Rotacism - n. - See Rhotacism.
- Rotal - a. - Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary.
- Rotalite - n. - Any fossil foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in the chalk formation. See Illust. under Rhizopod.
- Rotary - a. - Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.
- Rotascope - n. - Same as Gyroscope, 1.
- Rotate - a. - Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
- Rotate - v. i. - To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
- Rotate - v. i. - To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
- Rotate - v. i. - To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
- Rotate - v. i. - To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
- Rotated - imp. & p. p. - of Rotate
- Rotated - a. - Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate.
- Rotating - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Rotate
- Rotation - n. - The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution.
- Rotation - n. - Any return or succesion in a series.
- Rotation - a. - Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.
- Rotative - a. - turning, as a wheel; rotary; rotational.
- Rotator - n. - that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.
- Rotator - n. - A revolving reverberatory furnace.
- Rotatoria - n. pl. - Same as Rotifera.
- Rotatory - a. - Turning as on an axis; rotary.
- Rotatory - a. - Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles.
- Rota - n. - An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members.
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