rotor

Meaning

1. A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
2. A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
3. A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
4. A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain.
5. A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position.
6. The set of cells within an oscillator that switch between being alive and dead over the course of the oscillator's period.
7. 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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

rotor

rotor

Rotor

rotore

döneç

rotor

rotor

Läufer

rotor

Induktor

Drehzylinder

Motorläufer

Laufrad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹəʊ.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.