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rotor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rotor has 3 senses
- rotor(n = noun.artifact) rotor coil - the rotating armature of a motor or generator; Array is a kind of armature
- rotor(n = noun.artifact) Array - the revolving bar of a distributor; Array is a kind of bar
- rotor(n = noun.artifact) Array - rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils; "there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine" is a part of chopper, eggbeater, helicopter, whirlybird, jet engine
is a part of electric motor, generator, turbine
Antonym: stator
is a part of distributer, distributor, electrical distributor
has parts: impeller
has particulars: main rotor, anti-torque rotor, tail rotor
is a kind of rotating mechanism
CIDE DICTIONARY
rotor, n.
The rotating part of a generator or motor. Contrasted with stator , the stationary part. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rotor, n.
1 a rotary part of a machine, esp. in the distributor of an internal-combustion engine.
2 a set of radiating aerofoils round a hub on a helicopter, providing lift when rotated.
1 a rotary part of a machine, esp. in the distributor of an internal-combustion engine.
2 a set of radiating aerofoils round a hub on a helicopter, providing lift when rotated.
Etymology
irreg. for ROTATOR
THESAURUS
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, whirligigROGET THESAURUS
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Attraction
N attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, drawing to, pulling towards, adduction, electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling, magnetism, magnetic attraction, gravity, attraction of gravitation, lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar, magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite, electromagnet, magnetic coil, voice coil, magnetic dipole, motor coil, rotor, stator, electrical charge, positive charge, negative charge, magnetic pole, north pole, south pole, magnetic monopole, attracting, attrahent, attractive, adducent, adductive, centrifugal, ubi mel ibi apes.
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