Rotor

Rotor

Rotor may refer to:

In engineering:
*Helicopter rotor, the rotary wing(s) of a rotorcraft such as a helicopter
*Rotor (electric), the non-stationary part of an alternator or electric motor, operating with a stationary element called the stator.
*ROTOR, a former radar project in the UK following the Second World War
*Rotor (turbine), the rotor of a turbine powered by fluid pressure
*Rotor (brake), the disc of a disc brake, in U.S. terminology
*Rotor (distributor), a component of the ignition system of an internal combustion engine
*Rotor (engine), the rotary piston in a rotary combustion engine
*Rotor (antenna), an electric motor that rotates an antenna to the direction of transmission or reception

In computing:
*Rotor machine, the rotating wheels used in certain cipher machines, such as the German Enigma machine
*Rotor (software project), the former code name for Microsoft's shared source implementation of its Common Language Infrastructure

In medicine:
* Rotor syndrome, a rare liver disorder

In music:
* Rotor (band), a German progressive stoner rock band

In biology and chemistry:
* The rotating part of a centrifuge, which also holds the samples

In other fields:
*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 (mathematics), an n-blade object in geometric algebra, which rotates another n-blade object about a fixed or translated point
*Rotor, a space colony in Isaac Asimov's book "Nemesis"
*R.O.T.O.R., a 1989 science fiction/action movie
*Vibrator (sex toy), a Japanese usage of similar sounds in English. Also spelt as rotar.


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