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rotor
English
Etymology
From an irregular shortening of rotator.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????.t?/
- (US) IPA(key): /??o?.t?/
- Homophone: rota (non-rhotic accents)
Noun
rotor (plural rotors)
- A rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump.
- The wing of a helicopter or other rotary-wing aircraft.
- (meteorology) A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain.
- A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position.
Derived terms
- mountain rotor
- rotor cloud
Related terms
- stator
Translations
Czech
Etymology
From English rotor, ultimately from Latin rota.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?rotor]
- Rhymes: -otor
Noun
rotor m
- rotor (rotating part of a mechanical device)
Related terms
Further reading
- rotor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- rotor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
rotor m (plural rotoren or rotors, diminutive rotortje n)
- rotor
Latin
Verb
rotor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of rot?
References
- rotor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Polish
Noun
rotor m inan
- rotor (the rotating part of a mechanical device)
Declension
Synonyms
- wirnik
Portuguese
Noun
rotor m (plural rotores)
- rotor (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
- rotor (central part of a helicopter’s wings)
Romanian
Etymology
From French rotor.
Noun
rotor n (plural rotoare)
- rotor
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rô?tor/
- Hyphenation: ro?tor
Noun
r?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- rotor
Declension
Spanish
Noun
rotor m (plural rotores)
- rotor
Turkish
Noun
rotor (definite accusative rotoru, plural rotorlar)
- (aviation) rotor
Declension
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nacelle
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French nacelle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n??s?l/
Noun
nacelle (plural nacelles)
- A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew.
- The part between the tower and rotor of a wind turbine.
- The compartment that holds passengers on a hot-air balloon, a dirigible, or an aerostat; a gondola.
- The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH hulled boat.
- (obsolete) A small boat.
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French nacele (“small boat”), from Late Latin navicella, diminutive of Latin navis (“boat”). Doublet of navicelle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.s?l/
Noun
nacelle f (plural nacelles)
- (literary) skiff
- gondola (of hot-air balloon etc.)
- pod (of spacecraft)
- cradle
Related terms
- naval
- navire
- nef
Further reading
- “nacelle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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