Were the earth to stop revolving, what do you suppose would happen?
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Revolving
Synonyms for "revolving" (17 found)
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7 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- въртящ се adj (moving around a central point or axis)
Māori
2 entries- hurihuri adj (moving around a central point or axis)
- takahurihuri adj (moving around a central point or axis)
Spanish
4 entries- giratorio adj (moving around a central point or axis)
- renovable adj (finance)
- rotativo adj (finance)
- rotatorio adj (finance)
Sample sentences
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The word came to be used for all small heavenly bodies revolving about larger ones.
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Today our artificial satellites are revolving around the earth.
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To ask why I’m in favour of Esperanto is like asking Galileo why he’s in favour of the earth revolving around the sun.
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