rotor

Etymology

Irregular shortening of rotator.

Noun

rotor (plural rotors)

1. 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.

2. The wing of a helicopter or similar aircraft.
3. A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrotor]
• Rhymes: -otor

Noun

rotor m

1. rotor (rotating part of a mechanical device)

Related terms

• rotace

Further reading

• rotor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• rotor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Noun

rotor m (plural rotoren or rotors, diminutive rotortje n)

1. rotor

Verb

rotor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of rotō

References

• rotor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Noun

rotor m inan

1. rotor (the rotating part of a mechanical device)

Noun

rotor m (plural rotores)

1. rotor (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
2. rotor (central part of a helicopter’s wings)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rôːtor/
• Hyphenation: ro‧tor

Noun

rȏtor m (Cyrillic spelling ро̑тор)

1. rotor

Noun

rotor m (plural rotores)

1. rotor

Noun

rotor (definite accusative rotoru, plural rotorlar)

1. (aviation) rotor