[stylist] friday word: rotor
vejas
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Sat Jan 21 04:13:04 UTC 2012
rotor noun. a rotary part of a machine or vehicle, in
particular: a hub with a number of radiating airfoils that is
rotated in an approximately horizontal plane to provide the lift
for a helicopter or autogiro. the rotating assembly in a
turbine, especially a wind turbine. the armature of an electric
motor. the rotating part of the distributor of an internal
combustion engine that successively makes and breaks electrical
contacts so that each spark plug fires in turn. the rotating
container in a centrifuge.
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