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autogiro

autogiro is the alternative form of autogyro.

Meaning of autogyro

Noun

autogyro (plural autogyros)

  1. (aircraft) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.

Forms of autogiro

pluralautogiros

Origin of autogiro

Borrowed from Spanish autogiro.

Questions about autogiro

What is autogiro the alternative form of?
Autogiro is the alternative form of autogyro.

Words near autogiro in the dictionary

  1. autogeosyncline
  2. autogeosynclines
  3. autogerminal
  4. autogerminate
  5. autogestion
  6. autogiro
  7. autogiros
  8. autoglazier
  9. autoglaziers
  10. autoglossonym
  11. autoglossonyms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autogiro (page history and authors); autogyro (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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