rotor
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tər noun
1.
2.
Aeronautics. a system of rotating airfoils, as the horizontal ones of a helicopter or of the compressor of a jet engine.
3.
any of a number of tall, cylindrical devices mounted on a special ship (rotor ship) and rotated in such a way that the Magnus effect of wind impinging on the cylinders is used to drive and maneuver the vessel.
4.
(in a self-winding watch) a weight eccentrically mounted on an arbor for keeping the mainspring wound.
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| —n | |
| 1. | Compare stator the rotating member of a machine or device, esp the armature of a motor or generator or the rotating assembly of a turbine |
| 2. | a device having blades radiating from a central hub that is rotated to produce thrust to lift and propel a helicopter |
| 3. | the revolving arm of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine |
| 4. | a violent rolling wave of air occurring in the lee of a mountain or hill, in which the air rotates about a horizontal axis |
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Example sentences
But the smaller the turbine, the faster the rotor must spin for its tips to achieve near-sonic speed.
The box atop a wind turbine's tower, set back from the blades and rotor, is known as a nacelle.
The new craft's body was constructed around a rotor, which allowed the replica to be manipulated atop a five-story-tall column.
More important, they found that a shock wave developed on the blades of the rotor.
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