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rotor

ro·tor

UK/ˈɹəʊ.tə/ US/ˈɹoʊ.tɚ/ uncommon

noun

1.

the rotating armature of a motor or generator

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2.

the revolving bar of a distributor

3.

rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils

  • “there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine”

Origin

From an irregular clipping of rotator, originally in mathematics, coined by English mathematician and philosopher William Kingdon Clifford based on vector, see quotations. Doublet of rota and ruote.

Phrases

  • Flettner rotor
  • locked rotor amp
  • mountain rotor
  • open rotor
  • rotor brake
  • rotor burst
  • rotor cloud
  • rotor kite

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