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What is the adjective for rotating?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb rotate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

rotating
  1. undergoing physical rotation
  2. that proceeds in sequence or in turns
  3. Synonyms:
      4. spinning, gyratory, rotational, turning, revolving, rotatory, circling, gyrating, rotary, whirling, encircling, swirling, circulating, spiral rotating, vertiginous, whirligig, gyral, vorticular, moving, fluid, in motion, rolling, twirling, pirouetting, reeling, spiraling, spiralling, giddy, dizzy, lightheaded, woozy, swimmy, aswoon, light-headed … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The rotating blades of the windmill generated electricity for the entire village.”
rotatory
  1. of, pertaining to, or causing rotation
  2. (obsolete) alternate or successive
  3. Synonyms:
      4. rotary, gyratory, rotational, spinning, whirling, revolving, turning, gyrating, rotating, encircling, gyral, vertiginous, vorticular, whirligig, circling, circumrotatory, veriginous, vorticose, circumgyratory, rotative, vortical, swirling, circulating, spiral rotating, moving, fluid, in motion, rolling, twirling, pirouetting, reeling … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Four of our patients complained of rotatory vertigo induced by loud sounds.”
      “Their ability to generate an upward rotatory moment is compromised by relatively short moment arms.”
      “This introduces rotatory forces through the knee which can aggravate the condition.”
rotodynamic
  1. (pump) In which energy is continuously imparted to the pumped fluid by means of a rotating impeller, propeller, or rotor (unlike a positive displacement pump, in which a fluid is moved by trapping a fixed amount of fluid and forcing the trapped volume into the pump's discharge).
rotative
  1. Turning like a wheel; rotary; rotational.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. revolving, whirling, gyratory, rotational, rotatory, gyrating, circumgyratory, circumrotatory, gyral, rotary, veriginous, vertiginous, vortical, vorticose … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The Crossness Pumping Station was the key element, housing as it did, four magnificent rotative beam engines built by James Watt and Company.”
      “His main backdrop at the museum will be the Easton and Amos rotative beam engine.”
      “Watt had perfected, with the aid of Murdoch, both the pumping-engine and the rotative steam-engine for application to mills.”
rotary
  1. Having or being capable of having rotation.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gyratory, rotational, spinning, rotatory, whirling, revolving, turning, gyrating, rotating, encircling, gyral, vertiginous, vorticular, whirligig, circling, swirling, spiral rotating, circumrotatory, veriginous, vorticose, circumgyratory, rotative, vortical, circulating, moving, fluid, in motion, rolling, twirling, pirouetting, reeling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The rotary engine was a revolutionary invention, as its unique design allowed for efficient rotary motion.”
rotated
  1. Having undergone rotation about an axis.
rotational
  1. Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rotary, gyratory, spinning, rotatory, whirling, revolving, turning, gyrating, rotating, encircling, gyral, vertiginous, vorticular, whirligig, circling, circumrotatory, veriginous, vorticose, circumgyratory, rotative, vortical, swirling, circulating, spiral rotating, moving, fluid, in motion, rolling, twirling, pirouetting, reeling, circumlunar, lunar-circling, lunar-orbiting … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Here, rescaling the rotational velocity is equivalent to stretching the time domain.”
      “Fluorescence anisotropy is used to characterize rotational mobility of the fluorescing molecules or complexes.”
      “Molecules may change their rotational energy levels by absorbing energy from electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region of the spectrum.”
rotate
  1. Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
rotateable
  1. Alternative spelling of rotatable
  2. Synonyms:
      3. turnable, revolvable, rotatable, twirlable
rotatable
  1. Having the ability to rotate.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. turnable, revolvable, rotateable, twirlable
  3. Examples:
      4. “Claim 4 relates to an upright appliance on wheels having a cleaning head with a rotatable brush at the dirty air inlet.”
      “Sunspace is the only manufacturer in North America of houses that are both domed and rotatable.”
      “The missiles are mounted on launcher rails on the walls of a rotatable turret.”
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