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antitorque

antitorque adjective: describing the rotor on the tail of a helicopter that prevents the helicopter from spinning in a direction opposite to that of the main rotor blades.

Adjective

antitorque (not comparable)

  1. Describing the rotor on the tail of a helicopter that prevents the helicopter from spinning in a direction opposite to that of the main rotor blades

Forms of antitorque

alternative formanti-torque

Origin of antitorque

From anti- + torque.

Questions about antitorque

What does antitorque mean?
Antitorque means describing the rotor on the tail of a helicopter that prevents the helicopter from spinning in a direction opposite to that of the main rotor blades.
What part of speech is antitorque?
Antitorque is an adjective.

Words near antitorque in the dictionary

  1. antitop
  2. antitopoisomerase
  3. antitops
  4. antitorpedo
  5. antitorpedos
  6. antitorque
  7. antitorture
  8. antitotalitarian
  9. antitotalitarianism
  10. antitotalitarians
  11. antitourism

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