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rotor

noun
/ˈɹəʊ.tə/UK/ˈɹoʊ.tɚ/US/ˈɹoʊ.tə/

Etymology

From an irregular clipping of rotator, originally in mathematics, coined by English mathematician and philosopher William Kingdon Clifford based on vector, see quotations. Doublet of rota and ruote.

Definitions

  1. A rotating part of a mechanical device

    A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.

  2. A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of…

    A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain.

    • A glider instructor, who had been in the COS area for more than 25 years, was interviewed. He stated that around 1200 on the day of the accident, he observed a rotor hit the ground with estimated wind speeds of 70 to 80 miles per hour.

  3. A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The set of cells within an oscillator that switch between being alive and dead over the…

      The set of cells within an oscillator that switch between being alive and dead over the course of the oscillator's period.

      • The following figure shows examples of the most versatile class of these oscillators. The first emulates the p10 shown above; the second has period 62 and a rotor of size 10.
      • In B37/S23, it goes symmetrical after 10 ticks, and produces a familiar pair of B-heptominoes after 23 ticks (the next generation after this can be found in the rotor of a standard B3/S23 p46 oscillator):

    2. An amusement park and carnival ride consisting of a rotating cylindrical chamber in which…

      An amusement park and carnival ride consisting of a rotating cylindrical chamber in which centrifugal force adheres riders to the wall as the floor drops away, creating a sensation of defying gravity.

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Derived

Flettner rotor, hexarotor, locked rotor amp, mountain rotor, multirotor, open rotor, proprotor, quadrotor, rotor brake, rotor burst, rotor cloud, rotorcraft, rotored, rotor kite, rotorless, rotor machine, rotor sail, rotorstator, tiltrotor

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rotor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01rotor02rotating03rotate04revolve05turn06course07mast

A definitional loop anchored at rotor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at rotor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA