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nounthe rotating armature of a motor or generator
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"there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine"nounrotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoilstype of:part of:
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nounthe revolving bar of a distributortype of:part of:
Definition that contains rotor
- tail rotor rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter; keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor
- main rotor rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a single-rotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air
- anti-torque rotor rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter; keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor