rotary
noun
1 rotary
A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island:
— The accident blocked all traffic at the rotary.
synonyms: circle, roundabout, traffic circle.
Dutch: carrousel, rotonde
Polish: rondo
2 rotary
Electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa.
synonyms: rotary converter, synchronous converter.
adjective
1 rotary
Relating to or characterized by rotation.
Roget 312: rotating etc. v.; rotary, rotary; circumrotatory†, trochilic†, vertiginous, gyratory; vortical, vorticose†.
Polish: rotacyjny
2 rotary
Moby thesaurus: O-shaped, alternate, ambagious, ascending, axial, back, back-flowing, backhanded, backward, beating, carrefour, circling, circuitous, circular, circumgyratory, circumvolutory, cloverleaf, crossing, crosspoint, crossroad ... show more.
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