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Definition of rotary noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rotary

noun
 
/ˈrəʊtəri/
 
/ˈrəʊtəri/
(plural rotaries)
(also traffic circle)
(both North American English)
(British English roundabout)
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  1. a place where two or more roads meet, forming a circle that all traffic must go around in the same directionTopics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from medieval Latin rotarius, from rota ‘wheel’.
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