Definition of rota

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Rota (n.) A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta..

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Circumrotary :: Circumrotary (a.) Alt. of Circumrotator.
Gyrostatics :: Gyrostatics (n.) The doctrine or theory of the gyrostat, or of the phenomena of rotating bodies..
Protasis :: Protasis (n.) The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; -- opposed to apodosis. See Apodosis..
Rotated :: Rotated (imp. & p. p.) of Rotat.
Levorotatory :: Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc..
Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..
Trochilics :: Trochilics (n.) The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work..
Tract :: Tract (v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact..
Screw :: Screw (n.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis..
Protandrous :: Protandrous (a.) Proterandrous.
Crown-saw :: Crown-saw (n.) A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion..
Chromatoscope :: Chromatoscope (n.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars..
Verticity :: Verticity (n.) The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation.
Rotation :: Rotation (n.) Any return or succesion in a series.
Rotascope :: Rotascope (n.) Same as Gyroscope, 1..
Cycloscope :: Cycloscope (n.) A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine..
Rote :: Rote (v. i.) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
Rotta :: Rotta (n.) See Rota.
Milling :: Milling (n.) The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill..
Journal :: "Journal (a.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box..
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