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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an irregular shortening of rotator. Doublet of rota and ruote.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊ.tə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊ.tɚ/
- (US, non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊ.tə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -əʊtə
- Homophones: rota, Rota (non-rhotic); Rhoda (non-rhotic, flapping)
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, pages 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.
- (cellular automata) The set of cells within an oscillator that switch between being alive and dead over the course of the oscillator's period.
- 1997 November 30, David Bell, “Day & Night - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 2/5)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata[2] (Usenet):
- The following figure shows examples of the most versatile class of these oscillators. The first emulates the p10 shown above; the second has period 62 and a rotor of size 10.
- 1998 March 18, Gunnar Johnsson, “Genetic aspects of the Game of Life.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata[3] (Usenet):
- The problem of determining the asymptotic colouring for a cyclic pattern from a given initial black and white pattern is completely solved. The analysis leads to the proposal of the distinction between primary and secondary rotor cells (i.e. a refinement of the classical stator-rotor distinction).
- 2008 June 25, Dave Greene, “Life: B37/S23 - A Chaotic Universe.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata[4] (Usenet):
- In B37/S23, it goes symmetrical after 10 ticks, and produces a familiar pair of B-heptominoes after 23 ticks (the next generation after this can be found in the rotor of a standard B3/S23 p46 oscillator):
- An amusement park and carnival ride consisting of a rotating cylindrical chamber in which centrifugal force adheres riders to the wall as the floor drops away, creating a sensation of defying gravity.
Hyponyms
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[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]Derived from English rotor, ultimately from Latin rota.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rotor m inan
- rotor (rotating part of a mechanical device)
Declension
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “rotor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “rotor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “rotor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rotor m (plural rotoren or rotors, diminutive rotortje n)
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]rotor m (plural rotors)
Further reading
[edit]- “rotor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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
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[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 Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: ro‧tor
Noun
[edit]rotor m (plural rotores)
Romanian
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[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
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[edit]Noun
[edit]rȏtor m (Cyrillic spelling ро̑тор)
Declension
[edit]Declension of rotor
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rotor m (plural rotores)
Further reading
[edit]- “rotor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
Turkish
[edit]Noun
[edit]rotor (definite accusative rotoru, plural rotorlar)
Declension
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