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| crank |
a mechanical device for applying rotary motion, consisting of a lever arm or disk attached at right angles to the end of a rotating shaft and turned by hand or connecting rod. [1/6 definitions] |
| drivetrain |
the assembly that transmits an engine's rotary motion to the actual means of propulsion such as a propeller or wheel. |
| eggbeater |
a kitchen utensil having rotary blades, and used for beating liquid or semiliquid foods such as cream or eggs. |
| go-devil |
a rotary tool used to clean out an oil pipeline. [1/4 definitions] |
| lawn mower |
a machine with a rotary blade that cuts the grass of a lawn. |
| rotary engine |
an engine in which rotation is produced by supplying power directly to the rotary parts, such as a turbine. [1/2 definitions] |
| rotatory |
of, pertaining to, producing, or characterized by rotation; rotary; rotating. [1/2 definitions] |
| rotogravure |
a printing process in which images or letters etched on a copper cylinder are transferred to paper or a similar surface in a rotary press. [1/2 definitions] |
| Rototiller |
trademark for a small motor-driven cultivator having rotary blades, used esp. in home vegetable gardens. [1/2 definitions] |
| screw |
a device consisting of rotary blades oriented so that they pull or drive something by transferring helical force as they rotate; screw propeller. [1/17 definitions] |
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