rotor

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
2. The wing of a helicopter or other rotary-wing aircraft.
3. A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain.
4. A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position.
5. The set of cells within an oscillator that switch between being alive and dead over the course of the oscillator's period.
6. 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.

Concepten

anker

⚓

rotor

Synoniemen

impeller

driving pulley

runner

🏃

rotor coil

bowl

curl

propeller

racer

rotary

rotation axis

rotator

spindle

spinner

spool

trochanter

rotating shaft

rotor tube

rotor chamber

rotor cylinder

rotor shaft

revolution axis

rotor drum

rotating drum

rotary durm

airfoil

wobbling drum

armature

basket

🧺

blade

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɹəʊ.tə/

Etymologie (Engels)

From an irregular shortening of rotator. Doublet of rota and ruote.