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• Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.From the entry shoe
• A gyrocopter’s rotor spins freely due to airflow rather than engine power.From the entry gyrocopter
• The large rotational inertia of the heavy compressor and turbine rotors makes the engine slow to spool up from idle.From the entry spool up
• "He was cut up by the rotors of an outboard motor and is whacked up all over."2009, Cindy Traisi, Because They Matter, Too, page 14. From the entry whack up
• It is characterized by low rotor inertia, no drift, and nonaccumulative positioning error.1979, Benjamin C. Kuo, Step motors and control systems, page 2. From the entry nonaccumulative
• Unlike fixed-wing aircraft, the rotor experiences oscillatory aerodynamic effects even in steady, gustless forward flight.1957, Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, page 81. From the entry gustless
• It's not the helo's fault, even if it is clunkier than a stumblebum old poke of a plow horse—bless its rotors.2019, M. L. Buchman, At the Slightest Sound. From the entry poke
• Such an approach, if successful, will maximize rotor energy capture in spite of poorly understood rotor performance, icing, mispitched blades, etc.2010, James F. Manwell, Jon G. McGowan, Anthony L. Rogers, Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application, page 396. From the entry mispitch
• The induction generator can self-excite using the external capacitor only if the rotor has an adequate remnant magnetic field.2005, Mukund R. Patel, Wind and Solar Power Systems, page 98. From the entry self-excite
• The Kiowa has a two-bladed semi-rigid seesaw all metal main rotor and a two-bladed rigid delta hinge all metal tail rotor.2003, Harold Skaarup, Ohio Warbird Survivors 2003: A Handbook on where to find them, →ISBN. From the entry delta hinge
• As I've swapped out the discs (rotors) and pads, I can't see what else would be causing it.2002 June 6, Alan, “940 brake judder”, in alt.autos.volvo (Usenet), retrieved 11 Apr 2022. From the entry inbalanced
• For rotor interaxis error, one stator winding is excited; for stator interaxis error, one rotor winding is excited.1999, Rudolf F. Graf, Modern Dictionary of Electronics, page 384. From the entry interaxis
• Kate and Dan duckwalked beneath the props to one side of the clearing as the rotors spun into a blur.1997, Dana Stabenow, Breakup, →ISBN, page 40. From the entry duckwalk
• In this work, we introduce a comprehensive evaluation of flutter behavior including classical flutter, edgewise vibration, and flutter mode characteristics for two-bladed, downwind rotors.2022, Mayank Chetan, Shulong Yao, and D. Todd Griffith, “Flutter behavior of highly flexible blades for two- and three-bladed wind…. From the entry introduce
• Thus asynchronous torques cannot be avoided but can be reduced by proper choice of coil span and by skewing the stator or rotor slots.2009, Uday A. Bakshi, Mayuresh V. Bakshi, “Three Phase Induction Motors”, in Electrical Machines, Pune, Maharashtra: Technical…. From the entry skew
• The rotor underside also exhibits a higher coefficient of microscale friction than the rotor topside and stator, as shown in Table 50.6.2006, Bharat Bhushan, editor, Handbook of Nanotechnology, volume 2, Springer, page 1617. From the entry topside
• Values of wind power are given in units of watts per square meter (of rotor swept area), along isodyns, or curves of constant power.1989, J.O. Bockris, B. Dandapani, J.C. Wass, “A Solar Hydrogen Energy System”, in Advances in Solar Energy, page 218. From the entry isodyn
• Inherent electrical errors, which consist of conformity and interaxis errors, result from rotor and stator ellipticity and eccentricity, and imperfect winding and flux distribution.1985, Harold A. Rothbart, Mechanical Design and Systems Handbook, page 41-11. From the entry interaxis
• Overtorque of the delta hinge bolt is reported to cause binding in the pitch change mechanism and failure of the tail rotor pitch change bearing.1969, Federal Aviation Administration, General aviation inspection aids, page 22. From the entry delta hinge
• Previously, the downwash from the rotor blades blew the foam, or whatever agent was being used, off the fire, nullifying its effect.1966, Popular Mechanics, volume 125, number 2, page 115. From the entry nullify
• The air is circulated—up from the floor and down again through the ice-bunkers, by revolving fans connected with wind-driven rotors on the roofs.1961 November, Hamilton Ellis, “The Eastern Region helps the frozen foods boom”, in Trains Illustrated, page 683. From the entry wind-driven
• When rotor goes to autorotation, an inclined alpha hinge provides automatic change of blade pitch to three degrees as the shaft stops rotating.1958, Aviation Week and Space Technology - Volume 69, page 226. From the entry alpha hinge
• So during the day the air below the cloth heats up and rises through the chimney and drives rotor blades inside and also helps rotate the farmscraper gardens.2015, C.J. Cronin, Assassination. From the entry farmscraper
• It consists in a phosphorely in which phosphorylation of CheY by CheA results in the interaction of CheY with the flagellar rotor and changes in flagella rotation.2015 July 11, “Chemotactic Motility of Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 under Aerobic and Denitrification Conditions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry phosphorely
• The sine and cosine converter consists of a double mag slip with two mutually-perpendicular stator windings 1, 2 and rotor winding 3 on an iron core.1962, Soviet Inventions Illustrated. Section II: Electrical, page 4. From the entry mag slip
• This article describes and evaluates a novel sensor housing designed to shield airborne sensors from artificial heat sources and artificial wet-bulbing while pulling air from outside the rotor wash influence.2019, Ashraful Islam et al., “Design and Evaluation of Sensor Housing for Boundary Layer Profiling Using Multirotors”, in Sensors, volume…. From the entry wet bulbing
• When flap and lag hinge inclination was introduced on the autogyro rotors, the inboard (flap) hinge was designated the “delta hinge,” and the outboard (lag) hinge designated the “alpha hinge.”2013, Wayne Johnson, Rotorcraft Aeromechanics, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry alpha hinge
• At the core of the new centrifuge design is a thin, tubelike rotor made of carbon fibers rather than maraging steel, a variety with great strength, the institute’s report said.2008 February 8, David E. Sanger, “Iran Is Reported to Test New Centrifuges to Make Atomic Fuel”, in New York Times. From the entry maraging

Meaning of rotor

1. noun A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
2. noun In a disc brake, the metal disc attached to the wheel hub.
3. noun The wing of a helicopter or other rotary wing aircraft (e.g., heli-type drone).

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Questions about rotor in a sentence

How do you use rotor in a sentence?

Rotor is used as a noun. For example: “Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.”

What is a short sentence with rotor?

“A gyrocopter’s rotor spins freely due to airflow rather than engine power.”

What does rotor mean?

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