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rotor From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Mechanical, Airrotorro‧tor /ˈrəʊtə $ ˈroʊtər/ noun [countable] technical 1 TEMa part of a machine that turns around on a central point2 (also rotor blade)TTA the long flat part that turns around and around on top of a helicopterExamples from the Corpusrotor• The experimental results that encouraged the financiers to support a rotor ship were truly spectacular.• This may require new materials - the experimental rotor is built of wood, which Wortmann says has the best damping.• The swirling wind from my rotors whipped the fatigues of interested watchers to a blur.• The turbine whined familiarly and the rotors blurred above the cabin.• I skidded ten feet when I hit, and the rotors quietly slowed and stopped.• When I flared, the rotor wash stirred up the dust and everything vanished.Origin rotor (1800-1900) rotator “something that rotates” ((17-21 centuries)), from Latin, from rotare; → ROTATE |