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autogyro

autogyro noun: an aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.

autogyro: an aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a...
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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.

autogyro meaning in Tamil

autogyro in Tamil

ஆட்டோகைரோ, தன்னியக்கக் கொட்பளவி

Forms of autogyro

pluralautogyros
alternative formautogiro

Origin of autogyro

From auto- and gyro-, from latinized forms of Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) and γῦρος (gûros, “circle, gyre”), a variant of earlier Spanish autogiro.

Questions about autogyro

What does autogyro mean?
Autogyro means an aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
What is autogyro in Tamil?
Autogyro in Tamil is ஆட்டோகைரோ, தன்னியக்கக் கொட்பளவி. See Autogyro meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is autogyro?
Autogyro is a noun.
What is the plural of autogyro?
The plural of autogyro is autogyros.

Words near autogyro in the dictionary

  1. autogynephilic
  2. autogynephilics
  3. autogynesmile
  4. autogynesmiles
  5. autogynophilia
  6. autogyro
  7. autogyros
  8. autohaemorrhaging
  9. autohaemotherapy
  10. autohagiographer
  11. autohagiographers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autogyro (page history and authors); autogyro (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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