Rotor
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Rotor usually refers to something that rotates, such as the rotating part of a machine, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump. The part of the machine that does not rotate is usually called a stator.
[edit] Uses
- In aviation the rotary wing(s) of a rotary-wing aircraft such as a helicopter is a rotor.
- In electrical engineering, the rotor of an electric motor or dynamo is the moving element, while the stationary element is called the stator. The rotor may also be called (sometimes erroneously) the armature.
- In vehicle engineering, or to an automotive mechanic, the disc in a disc brake is also called a rotor. It can also be part of an igntion distributor, or the rotor in a Wankel engine
- Certain cipher machines, such as the German Enigma machine, made use of rotating wheels; see: rotor machine.
- In radio, a rotor, or "rotor motor", is an electric motor designed to rotate a radio frequency antenna to orient it in the desired direction of transmission or reception.
- In meteorology a rotor is a turbulent horizontal vortex or "whirlwind" that forms in the lee of mountains; see: lee waves.
[edit] Acronyms and code names
- The ROTOR radar project, the UK's first national air defence system following the Second World War, incorporating some Chain Home radar stations.
- Rotor is the code name for Microsoft's shared source implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure.
- Magazine Rotor covering the civil helicopter industry. http://www.rotormagazine.org/
[edit] Entertainment
- Rotor is the name of a planet in the Isaac Asimov's book Nemesis
- SC Rotor Volgograd is a Russian football club.
- Rotor is a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe Rotor (Sonic the Hedgehog).
- Rotor is the trade name for an amusement ride.
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