Index of English words, starting with "ro"

(1) - 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.

(1) - 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.
(2) - Rotate (v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
(3) - Rotate (v. i.) To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
(4) - Rotate (v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
(5) - 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.

(1) - Rotation (a.) Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.
(2) - Rotation (n.) Any return or succesion in a series.
(3) - 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.