ROTOR


Meaning of ROTOR in English

/roh"teuhr/ , n.

1. Elect. a rotating member of a machine. Cf. stator (def. 1).

2. Aeron. a system of rotating airfoils, as the horizontal ones of a helicopter or of the compressor of a jet engine.

3. any of a number of tall, cylindrical devices mounted on a special ship (rotor ship) and rotated in such a way that the Magnus effect of wind impinging on the cylinders is used to drive and maneuver the vessel.

4. (in a self-winding watch) a weight eccentrically mounted on an arbor for keeping the mainspring wound.

[ 1873; short for ROTATOR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .