rotor
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(rō'tər) 
n.
n.
- A rotating part of an electrical or mechanical device.
- An assembly of rotating horizontal airfoils, as that of a helicopter.
[Contraction of ROTATOR.]
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n. a rotary part of a machine or vehicle, especially a hub with a number of radiating airfoils that is rotated in an approximately horizontal plane to provide the lift for a rotary-wing aircraft.
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i. A system of rotating airfoils whose primary function is to produce lift (e.g., propellers and helicopter rotors).
ii. The portion of a turbine or compressor that spins.
iii. A rotating disc or drum to which a series of blades are attached (e.g., compressor, turbine, turbopump, alternator).
iv. A local air mass rotating about a substantially horizontal axis.
ii. The portion of a turbine or compressor that spins.
iii. A rotating disc or drum to which a series of blades are attached (e.g., compressor, turbine, turbopump, alternator).
iv. A local air mass rotating about a substantially horizontal axis.
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- the part of a centrifuge that holds the material to be subjected to centrifugal force. It generally has compartments that house tubes or bottles, and these may either be set at a fixed angle with respect to the axis of rotation, or designed to allow the containers to swing out into a horizontal position during centrifugation. Centrifugal force is generated by rotating the rotor about its axis.
- the part of the H+-transporting ATP synthase that rotates during flow of hydrons through the F0 part of the complex. Compare stator.
| rotenone, rotational strength, rotational isomer | |
| rough endoplasmic reticulum, roughanic acid, roundabout |
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categories related to 'rotor'
- Machinery and Mechanical Devices - rotor: any mechanism that rotates, esp. in motor or dynamo
- Electricity and Electronics - rotor: part of generator that turns
- Airframe and Engines - rotor: one of rotating set of bladelike wings that provides lift for helicopter
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Rotor may refer to:
- A rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump.
In engineering:
- Rotor (electric), the non-stationary part of an alternator or electric motor, operating with a stationary element called the stator.
- Helicopter rotor, the rotary wing(s) of a rotorcraft such as a helicopter
- ROTOR, a former radar project in the UK following the Second World War
- Rotor (turbine), the rotor of a turbine powered by fluid pressure
- Rotor (crank), a variable-angle bicycle crank
- Rotor (brake), the disc of a disc brake, in U.S. terminology
- Rotor (brake mechanism), a device that allows the handlebars and fork to revolve indefinitely without tangling the rear brake cable
- Rotor (distributor), a component of the ignition system of an internal combustion engine
- Rotor (engine), the powered part of a pistonless rotary engine
- Rotor (antenna), an electric motor that rotates an antenna to the direction of transmission or reception
In computing:
- Rotor machine, the rotating wheels used in certain cipher machines, such as the German Enigma machine
- Rotor (software project), the former code name for Microsoft's shared source implementation of its Common Language Infrastructure
In medicine:
- Rotor syndrome, a rare liver disorder
In biology and chemistry:
- The rotating part of a centrifuge, which also holds the samples
In other fields:
- SC Rotor Volgograd, a Russian football club
- Rotor (Sonic the Hedgehog), a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
- Rotor (ride), the trade name for an amusement ride
- Rotor (meteorology), a turbulent horizontal vortex that forms in the trough of lee waves
- Rotor (mathematics), an n-blade object in geometric algebra, which rotates another n-blade object about a fixed or translated point
- Curl (mathematics), known as rotor in some countries, a vector operator that shows a vector field's rate of rotation
- Rotor, a space colony in Isaac Asimov's novel Nemesis
- R.O.T.O.R., a 1989 science fiction/action movie
- Vibrator (sex toy), a Japanese usage of similar sounds in English. Also spelt as rotar.
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Translations:
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Rotor
Dansk (Danish)
n. - rotor, vingehjul, skovlhjul
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μηχαν.) δρομέας, ρότορας, στροφείο
Italiano (Italian)
rotore, girante, distributore, spazzola
Português (Portuguese)
n. - rotor (m)
Русский (Russian)
ротор, рабочее колесо, несущий винт
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
转子, 转动体, 回转轴
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 轉子, 轉動體, 回轉軸
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 죽차, 회전자, 회전 날개
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الدوار
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מערכת מדחפים, רוטור, חלק מסתובב, חוגה
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