Rotor

Quick meaning: Rotor is a noun meaning A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.

Meaning

A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.

More Meanings

1. (meteorology) A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain.
2. (mathematics, algebra) A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position.
3. (cellular automata) The set of cells within an oscillator that switch between being alive and dead over the course of the oscillator's period.
4. An amusement park and carnival ride consisting of a rotating cylindrical chamber in which centrifugal force adheres riders to the wall as the floor drops away, creating a sensation of defying gravity.

Example Sentences

The following figure shows examples of the most versatile class of these oscillators. The first emulates the p10 shown above; the second has period 62 and a rotor of size 10.

In B37/S23, it goes symmetrical after 10 ticks, and produces a familiar pair of B-heptominoes after 23 ticks (the next generation after this can be found in the rotor of a standard B3/S23 p46 oscillator):

A glider instructor, who had been in the COS area for more than 25 years, was interviewed. He stated that around 1200 on the day of the accident, he observed a rotor hit the ground with estimated wind speeds of 70 to 80 miles per hour.

These quantities are unit lengths measured anywhere on the axes in the positive directions. They have magnitude, direction, and position, and are thus what I have called rotors (short for rotators) to distinguish them from vectors, which have magnitude and direction but no position.

Word Forms

• rotors

Antonyms for rotor

Common opposites include stator.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stator, impeller, engine, shaft, eddy, blade.

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