rotor
A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump.
Other meanings
In a disc brake, the metal disc attached to the wheel hub.
The wing of a helicopter or other rotary wing aircraft (e.g., heli-type drone).
Related words
- hexarotor
- multirotor
- proprotor
- quadrotor
- rotorcraft
- rotored
- rotorless
- rotorstator
- tiltrotor
- open rotor
- mountain rotor
- Flettner rotor
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rotor” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.