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Rotor

Rotor

See also: rotor and rötor

German

Noun

Rotor m (genitive Rotors, plural Rotoren)

  1. rotor

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rotor

rotor

See also: Rotor and rötor

English

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.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. rotor

Latin

Verb

rotor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of rotō

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Polish

Noun

rotor m inan

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

Declension

Synonyms


Portuguese

Noun

rotor m (plural rotores)

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rȏtor m (Cyrillic spelling ро̑тор)

  1. rotor

Declension


Spanish

Noun

rotor m (plural rotores)

  1. rotor

Turkish

Noun

rotor (definite accusative rotoru, plural rotorlar)

  1. (aviation) rotor

Declension