different between rotatable vs rotate

English

Etymology

rotate +? -able

Adjective

rotatable

1. Having the ability to rotate.

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rot?tus, perfect passive participle of rot? (“revolve”), from rota (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?t?t', IPA^(key): /????te?t/
• (US) enPR: r?'t?t, IPA^(key): /??o?te?t/

Verb

rotate (third-person singular simple present rotates, present participle rotating, simple past and past participle rotated)

1. (intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.

   He rotated in his chair to face me.

2. (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.

   The nurses' shifts rotate each week.

3. (intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.

   The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.

4. (transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.

   Rotate the dial to the left.

5. (transitive) To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
   • 1975, Architectural Digest (volume 32, page 112)

     I've always admired the Japanese point of view that holds it best not to have a great number of objects around at one time but to rotate possessions — and display them with great simplicity.

6. (transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.

   The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.

7. (transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.

Synonyms

• (to turn) revolve
• (to make turn) circumvolve

Derived terms

• rotation
• rotatable

Related terms

• rota

Translations

Adjective

rotate (not comparable)

1. Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

   a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla

Anagrams

• terato-, totear

Italian

Verb

rotate

1. second-person plural present indicative of rotare
2. second-person plural imperative of rotare
3. feminine plural of rotato

Anagrams

• attero, attore, ettaro, oretta, teatro

Latin

Verb

rot?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of rot?