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Definition of Rotor
1. Noun. The rotating armature of a motor or generator.
Generic synonyms: Armature
Group relationships: Electric Motor, Generator, Turbine
Antonyms: Stator
2. Noun. The revolving bar of a distributor.
3. Noun. Rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils. "There are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine"
Terms within: Impeller
Specialized synonyms: Main Rotor, Anti-torque Rotor, Tail Rotor
Generic synonyms: Rotating Mechanism
Definition of Rotor
1. n. The rotating part of a generator or motor.
Definition of Rotor
1. Noun. A rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump. ¹
2. Noun. The wing of a helicopter or similar aircraft ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rotor
1. a rotating part of a machine [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotor
Literary usage of Rotor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"(400) Thus the power input to the rotor per phase is the product of the emf which
would be generated in the rotor by the flux $, at standstill and the power ..."
2. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"For example, the slip in the above motor is The rotor speed is Ns = N(l — s) (from
equation 64) (65) The full-load slip in commercial motors varies from 1 ..."
3. Journalby Helicopter Association of Great Britain by Helicopter Association of Great Britain (1894)
"In this form a cantilever rotor blade is rotated about the longitudinal axis,
... In this way the air is made to do the work of tilting the rotor. ..."
4. Principles of Alternating Current Machinery by Ralph Restieaux Lawrence (1920)
"For this reason, they should be provided with such bearings as will minimize the
effect of wear and the clanger of the rotor striking the stator. ..."
5. Motor Vehicles and Their Engines: A Practical Handbook on the Care, Repair by Edward Smith Fraser, Ralph B. Jones (1922)
"As the rotor is revolved to position E, the lines of force start to flow through
it again but in the opposite direction, leaving the rotor at arm R. As the ..."
6. Motor Vehicles and Their Engines: A Practical Handbook on the Care, Repair by Edward Smith Fraser, Ralph B. Jones (1919)
"As the rotor is revolved to position E, the lines of force start to flow through
it again but in the opposite direction, leaving the rotor at arm "R." As ..."
7. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1911)
"This means that the speed of the rotor will be no longer equal to the ... In other
words, the rotor has a certain slip. Let us consider first what is taking ..."
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