1.
[syn: rotor, rotor coil]
2. the revolving bar of a distributor;
3. rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils;
- Example: "there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rotor \Ro"tor\, n. (Elec.)
The rotating part of a generator or motor. Contrasted with
stator, the stationary part.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rotor
n 1: the rotating armature of a motor or generator [syn:
rotor, rotor coil] [ant: stator, stator coil]
2: the revolving bar of a distributor
3: rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating
airfoils; "there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or
compressor rotors in a jet engine"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "rotor":
airscrew, carousel, disk, driver, fan, impeller, merry-go-round,
paddle wheel, piston, prop, propellant, propeller, propulsor,
roller, rolling stone, rotator, roundabout, rundle, screw,
screw propeller, top, turbine, twin screws, wheel, whirlabout,
whirler, whirligig