Rotor
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Rotor
may refer to:
Science and technology
Engineering
Rotor (electric)
, the non-stationary part of an alternator or electric motor, operating with a stationary element so called the stator
ROTOR
, a former radar project in the UK following the Second World War
Rotor (antenna)
In
mechanical engineering
, the
rotor
is a part of a
machine
that rotates about its own axis.
Helicopter rotor
, the rotary wing(s) of a rotorcraft such as a helicopter
Rotor (turbine)
, the rotor of a turbine powered by fluid pressure
Rotor (crank)
, a variable-angle bicycle crank
Rotor (brake), the disc of a
disc brake
, in U.S. terminology
Rotor (brake mechanism)
, a device that allows the handlebars and fork to revolve indefinitely without tangling the rear brake cable - see
Detangler
Rotor (distributor)
, a component of the ignition system of an internal combustion engine
Pistonless rotary engine
Computing
Rotor machine
, the rotating wheels used in certain cipher machines, such as the German Enigma machine
Rotor (Enigma machine)
, a rotating part of the German Enigma machine
Rotor (software project)
, the former code name for Microsoft's shared source implementation of its Common Language Infrastructure
Chemistry
The rotating part of a
centrifuge
, which also holds the samples
Rigid rotor
, a mathematical model for rotating systems (usually molecules)
Medicine
Rotor syndrome
, a rare liver disorder
Mathematics
Rotor (mathematics)
, an even-graded multivector used to produce rotations and some other affine transformations
Curl (mathematics)
, known as rotor in some countries, a vector operator that shows a vector field's rate of rotation
Other uses
SC Rotor Volgograd
, a Russian football club
Rotor (Sonic the Hedgehog)
, a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
Rotor (ride)
, the trade name for an amusement ride
Rotor (meteorology)
, a turbulent horizontal vortex that forms in the trough of lee waves
Rotor, a space colony in Isaac Asimov's novel
Nemesis
R.O.T.O.R.
, a 1987 science fiction/action movie
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