Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable or admitting of revolution.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Capable of
revolving .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In a static machine it is usually a plate of glass and revoluble.
Electricity for Boys J. S. Zerbe
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The Venetian rower, who stands at the stern, and with a long-bladed oar, fulcrumed to the boat's extremity, in making his graceful lateral oscillations, simulates the propelling motion of the tail in an absolutely perfect manner, but it is not a propeller, by any means comparable to the kind mounted on a shaft, and revoluble.
Aeroplanes 1915
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This is the invention of Lawrence Heath, of Macedon, N.Y., and relates to that class of changeable speed gearing in which a center pinion driven at a constant rate of speed drives directly and at different rates of speed a series of pinions mounted in a surrounding revoluble case or shell, so that by turning the shell one or another of the secondary pinions may be brought into operative relation to the parts to be driven therefrom.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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a uniform speed, and B is the pinion-supporting case or shell, mounted loosely on and revoluble around the axle, but held normally at rest by means of a locking bolt, C, or other suitable locking device adapted to enter notches, _c_, in the shell.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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