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Definition of Revolving
1. a. Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution of the earth.
Definition of Revolving
1. Verb. (present participle of revolve) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Revolving
1. revolve [v] - See also: revolve
Medical Definition of Revolving
1. Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc, depending on the revolution of the earth. "But grief returns with the revolving year." (Shelley) "Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass." (Cowper) Revolving firearm. See Revolver. Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals, either by being turned about an axis so as to show light only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally intercepted by a revolving screen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revolving
Literary usage of Revolving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of Light by Thomas Preston (1912)
"The revolving mirror was driven by an air turbine so that its speed could be ...
Discussion of the Revolving Mirror Method.—In Foucault's investigations the ..."
2. The Theory of Light by Thomas Preston (1901)
"The revolving mirror was driven by an air turbine so that its speed could be ...
Discussion of the Revolving Mirror Method.—In Foucault's investigations the ..."
3. Transactions by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers., Gerard H. Matthes (1879)
"The cost is smaller than that of ordinary revolving ... The power required to
drive it is less than with ordinary revolving screens, as the material being ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"On Improvements in the Clockwork of Revolving Lighthouses. By J. HOPKINSON, D.Sc.
In the apparatus made at the works of Messrs. Chance during the lost year, ..."
5. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"Revolving mmf and flux in 11 four-pole, three-phase induction motor. 377.
Revolving Magnetomotive Force and Flux of the Stator. —In Fig. ..."
6. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1854)
"The centrifugal force of bodies revolving in a given circle, ... By doubling the
velocity of a revolving body, its centrifugal force is quadrupled. ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"Most machines have two suet on- boxes with the "dandy-roll" revolving between
them on the top FIG. 12.—Paper-Making Machine. the pa per-mach i ne. ..."
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