Associations to the word «Rotor»

Wiktionary

ROTOR, noun. A rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump.
ROTOR, noun. The wing of a helicopter or similar aircraft.

Dictionary definition

ROTOR, noun. The rotating armature of a motor or generator.
ROTOR, noun. The revolving bar of a distributor.
ROTOR, noun. Rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils; "there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine".

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche