Definitions for rotator

rotator ro·ta·tor

Spelling: [roh-tey-ter or, esp. British, roh-tey-]
IPA: /ˈroʊ teɪ tər or, esp. British, roʊˈteɪ-/

Rotator is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in rotator (aoorrtt).

Definitions for rotator

noun

  1. a person or thing that rotates.
  2. Anatomy. a muscle serving to rotate a part of the body.
  3. Nautical. a bladed device streamed to rotate in the water to actuate a patent log.

Origin of rotator

1670-80; Latin rotātor, equivalent to rotā(re) (see rotate1) + -tor -tor

Examples for rotator

Hours later I boarded my rotator, the contracted plane overseas.

Alexander Bain in 1846 suggested enclosing the wheelwork in the rotator.

The person who conducts the ceremony, which is undertaken from choice, is called the rotator of the demon.

Turn the rotator rapidly, holding the corner of a piece of stiff paper against the holes in the disk.

Use a rotator or color tops for mixing discs of white and black to produce different shades of gray.

The blades of the rotator are adjustable, being fitted into its tube or body by slits and holes and then soldered.

The outer pair receive the strain of the rotator, and the inner are for adjustment and to prevent lateral movement.

The patent or towing log consists of a dial, line and rotator.

Name given to two projections on the upper extremities of the femur, which give attachment to the rotator muscles of the thigh.

Word Value for rotator
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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