Rotatory1. (a.) Turning as on an axis; rotary.
2. (a.) Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles.
3. (a.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light.
4. (n.) A rotifer.
Thesaurus Entries
Olympian, acclinate, acclivitous, aerial, airy, altitudinous, anabatic, ascendant, ascensional, ascensive, aspiring, axial, back, back-flowing, backward, climbing, colossal, descending, dominating, down-trending, downward, drifting, elevated, eminent, ethereal, exalted, flowing, fluent, flying, going, gyrational, gyratory, haughty, high, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, in the ascendant, leaping, lofty, monumental, mounting, outtopping, overlooking, overtopping, passing, plunging, progressive, prominent, rampant, rearing, reflowing, refluent, regressive, retrogressive, rising, rotary, rotational, rotatory, running, rushing, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, sideward, sinking, skyrocketing, soaring, spiraling, spiring, springing, steep, streaming, sublime, superlative, supernal, topless, toplofty, topping, towering, towery, up-trending, uparching, upcoming, upgoing, upgrade, uphill, uphillward, uplifted, upreared, uprising, upsloping, upward, upwith