Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rotative

Rotative , adjective

[Compare French rotatif.]

turning, as a wheel; rotary; rotational.
This high rotative velocity of the sun must cause an equatorial rise of the solar atmosphere. — Siemens
Collocations (1)
Rotative engine , a steam engine in which the reciprocating motion of the piston is transformed into a continuous rotary motion, as by means of a connecting rod, a working beam and crank, or an oscillating cylinder.