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Rotator

Rotator \Ro*ta"tor\, n. [L.]

  1. (Anat.) that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.

  2. (Metal.) A revolving reverberatory furnace.

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rotator

n. 1 One who or that which rotates. 2 (context anatomy English) A muscle by which a joint can be rotated. 3 A revolving reverberatory furnace. 4 (context internet English) A banner ad that cycles through multiple advertisements.

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Rotator (album)

Rotator is the second studio album released by the Danish rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, and was their final studio album before they disbanded in 1997. In 2016, however, the band continued and released a new studio album entitled Forward in Reverse.

Usage examples of "rotator".

The X rays and MRI reveal seven broken ribs on my right side, five separate breaks to the left ankle, four breaks to the right shoulder, a torn right rotator cuff, a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the right knee, frostbite, malnutrition, and deep lacerations over my entire body.

Somewhere topside, perhaps even on the antenna tower Tommy had discovered earlier, would be a TV antenna with a rotator so the Yagi elements could be oriented toward KEY-TV, the Channel 3 transmitter on Broadcast Peak near Santa Bonita, or possibly KCOY, the Channel 12 station out of Santa Maria, its transmitter located line-of-sight on Tepesquet Peak some 15 miles from Thundergust.

It's like, like having last year's Cy Young winner sitting in the bullpen in case one of the starters blows a rotator cuff.

The new arm will settle into the rotator cuff as if it grew there.

There's damage to the rotator cuff and the whole shoulder, as well as to the lower arm itself.

No living person would lie in such an awkward position, face pressed to the drain, his right arm twisted behind his body at a torturous angle that suggested a dislocated shoulder or even a torn rotator cuff.