rotor
English
Etymology
From an irregular shortening of rotator.
Noun
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.
- The wing of a helicopter or similar aircraft.
- A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position.
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Translations
a rotating part of a mechanical device
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the wing of a helicopter or similar
Czech
Etymology
From English rotor, ultimately from Latin rota.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- rotor (rotating part of a mechanical device)
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
rotor m (plural rotoren or rotors, diminutive rotortje n)
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) rotor
References
- 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
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Noun
rotor m inan
- rotor (the rotating part of a mechanical device)
Declension
Declension of rotor
Synonyms
Portuguese
Noun
rotor m (plural rotores)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
rȏtor m (Cyrillic spelling ро̑тор)
Declension
Declension of rotor
Spanish
Noun
rotor m (plural rotores)
Turkish
Noun
rotor (definite accusative rotoru, plural rotorlar)
Declension
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