Rotate vs Dextrorotatory - What's the difference?
rotate | dextrorotatory |
to spin, turn, or revolve.
to advance through a sequence; to take turns.
(of aircraft) to lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.
to spin, turn, or revolve something.
to advance something through a sequence.
to replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
(of crops) to grow or plant in a certain order.
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
(chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise.
As adjectives the difference between rotate and dextrorotatory
is that rotate is having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped while dextrorotatory is (chemistry|of an optically active compound or crystal) that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise.As a verb rotate
is to spin, turn, or revolve.rotate
English
Verb
(rotat)- He rotated in his chair to face me.
- The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
- The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
- Rotate the dial to the left.
- The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.
Synonyms
* (to turn) revolve * (to make turn) circumvolveDerived terms
* (l) * (l)Adjective
(-)- a rotate''' spicule or scale; a '''rotate corolla
