In helicopters, the cyclic controls the tilt of the main rotor, producing pitch and roll.
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Rotor
/ˈɹoʊ.tɚ/
Synonyms for "rotor" (47 found)
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8 entriesEnigma rotorM4 rotorelectric motor rotorgenerator rotorhelicopter main rotormain rotortail rotorwind turbine rotor
Collocations
6 entrieselectric motor rotorgenerator rotorhelicopter rotorrotor bladesrotor shaftwind turbine rotor
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَمُود نَاقِل الْحَرَكَة noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Basque
1 entries- errotore noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ротор noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 轉子 /转子 noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Czech
1 entries- rotor noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Finnish
2 entries- pyörijä noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
- roottori noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
French
1 entries- rotor noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
German
1 entries- Rotor noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Greek
1 entries- δρομέας noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Italian
1 entries- rotore noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Japanese
2 entries- ローター noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
- 回転子 noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Macedonian
1 entries- ротор noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Māori
1 entries- paetāwhirowhiro noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Norwegian
1 entries- rotor noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Polish
2 entries- rotor noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
- wirnik noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Portuguese
1 entries- rotor noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Romanian
1 entries- rotor noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Russian
1 entries- ро́тор noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- rotor noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
- ротор noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Spanish
1 entries- rotor noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Tagalog
1 entries- painog noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ро́тор noun (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
In helicopters, yaw is controlled through the pedals, which alter the angle of attack of the tail rotor blades.
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The Red Planet has a significantly lower gravity – one-third that of Earth’s – and an extremely thin atmosphere with only 1% the pressure at the surface compared to our planet. This means there are relatively few air molecules with which Ingenuity’s two 4-foot-wide (1.2-meter-wide) rotor blades can interact to achieve flight.
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It is the first all-electric, single rotor helicopter that gets its power from two lithium-ion battery packs.
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