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1. Relating to or characterized by rotation
   "rotary dial"
    
2. Describing a circle; moving in a circle
   "the rotary motion of the wheel"
   - circular, orbitual

1. A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
   "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
   - traffic circle [N. Amer], circle, roundabout [Brit]
    
2. Electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa
   - synchronous converter, rotary converter

Derived forms: rotaries

See also: cyclic, cyclical, rotation

Type of: electrical converter, junction

Part of: road, route

Encyclopedia: Rotary