rotor

Noun

Meaning

rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils

the rotating armature of a motor or generator

the revolving bar of a distributor

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Our nano-quadrotor robots are made to be as lightweight as possible: less than a fifth of a pound and palm-sized. They can do an aerial backflip in half a second, accelerate at two Gs, and fly rotor blade to rotor blade in three-dimensional formations - and they do all this autonomously. Vijay Kumar

there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine Source: Internet

A constraint of rotary engines is the need to locate the spark plug outside the combustion chamber to enable the rotor to sweep past. Source: Internet

Absence of the tail rotor enables the helicopter to perform flat turns within the entire flight speed range. Source: Internet

A later improvement was the ability to adjust the alphabet ring relative to the rotor disk. Source: Internet

A four rotor device is on display in the ANZUS Corridor of the Pentagon on the second floor, A ring, between corridors 9 and 10. This machine is on loan from Australia. Source: Internet

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