autorotation

noun

Etymology

From auto- + rotation.

  1. borrowed from rotātiō
  2. prefixed as autorotation — “auto + rotation

Definitions

  1. The rotation of the blades of a helicopter driven solely by the action of ascending air

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for autorotation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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