rotor
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an irregular shortening of rotator.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊ.tə/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊ.tɚ/
- Homophone: rota (non-rhotic accents)
Noun[edit]
rotor (plural rotors)
- A rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump.
- 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:
- Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
- (aviation) The wing of a helicopter or other rotary-wing aircraft.
- (meteorology) A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain.
- 2001, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.7.1 Observations and Forecasts”, in Uncontrolled Descent and Collision With Terrain, United Airlines Flight 585, Boeing 737-200, N999UA, 4 Miles South of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 3, 1991[1], archived from the original on 22 January 2021, retrieved 29 January 2021, page 30-31:
- A glider instructor, who had been in the COS area for more than 25 years, was interviewed. He stated that around 1200 on the day of the accident, he observed a rotor hit the ground with estimated wind speeds of 70 to 80 miles per hour.
- A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a rotating part of a mechanical device
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the wing of a helicopter or similar
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English rotor, ultimately from Latin rota.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotor m
- rotor (rotating part of a mechanical device)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- rotor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- rotor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
rotor m (plural rotoren or rotors, diminutive rotortje n)
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
rotor
References[edit]
- rotor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotor m inan
- rotor (rotating part of a mechanical device)
- Synonym: wirnik
- rotor (propeller on a rotorcraft that provides lift)
- Synonym: wirnik
- (meteorology) rotor (type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain)
Declension[edit]
Declension of rotor
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
Further reading[edit]
- rotor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- rotor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotor m (plural rotores)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotor n (plural rotoare)
Declension[edit]
Declension of rotor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) rotor | rotorul | (niște) rotoare | rotoarele |
genitive/dative | (unui) rotor | rotorului | (unor) rotoare | rotoarelor |
vocative | rotorule | rotoarelor |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rȏtor m (Cyrillic spelling ро̑тор)
Declension[edit]
Declension of rotor
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotor m (plural rotores)
Further reading[edit]
- “rotor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotor (definite accusative rotoru, plural rotorlar)
Declension[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotor m (plural rotors)
Further reading[edit]
- “rotor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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