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fixed in rotation

17:58 Feb 24, 2021
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English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Medical: Instruments
English term or phrase: fixed in rotation
an adapter for a prosthetic limb
"This device is fixed in rotation, but provides shift along the sagittal plane"

Does it mean that the device does not rotate or it rotates to a limited extent or something else?
Ewa Dabrowska
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:01


SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4does not rotate
Kiet Bach


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
does not rotate


Explanation:
I think it means "does not rotate".

Kiet Bach
United States
Local time: 13:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalia Potashnik: it does not turn but it can move in the sagittal plane
22 hrs
  -> Thank you!
disagree  Yvonne Gallagher: it means the rotation is fixed, i.e. limited in its movement
5 days
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