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Rotated

Rotate \Ro"tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotating.]

  1. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.

  2. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.

Rotated

Rotated \Ro"ta*ted\, a. Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate.

Wiktionary
rotated
  1. Having undergone rotation about an axis. v

  2. (en-past of: rotate)

WordNet
rotated

adj. turned in a circle around an axis [syn: revolved]

Usage examples of "rotated".

He chambered the next round, rotated to his left where motion shimmered in the corner of his eye, and smashed the triangular skull of an alien seventy meters away.

Someone removed his helmet, but when Lightbody tried to take the flashgun from his hands, Gregg's eyes rotated to track him.

By the time the fort's guns rotated to track the featherboat, Piet Ricimer had ducked under the horizon again.

He rotated the radio's control to its green setting, normal send-and-receive.

Their heads rotated from one human officer to the other, waiting for clear directions.

He rotated his right wrist so that the rifle was behind him, pointing harmlessly into the flagship's hold.

My faceshield was unlatched, but the helmet had rotated sideways 20° to cut off part of my vision.

Their bulging eyes swept at least 240° even when they faced front, and they continually rotated their heads to cover the remaining arc.

Lightbody gripped the door handle and rotated it minusculely to be sure that it wasn't locked.

He typed a string of commands on the keyboard, then rotated the holographic screen so that the display faced his companion.

Earth, blue and cold-looking to eyes accustomed to the roiling earth tones of Venus, rotated slowly beneath them.

Faces turned toward the messenger in the doorway rotated as suddenly toward Piet Ricimer.

The ship rotated 180° on its long axis, bringing its port battery toward the enemy.

Stampfer seized Gregg by the hand and rotated him so that they were face-to-face.

The next transit, from a point so removed that the system's sun was only a bright star when it rotated across the ceiling screen, had taken what I think was the better part of a day.