rotor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ro=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

rotor, n. 

 The rotating part of a generator or motor. Contrasted with stator, the stationary part.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rotor, n.
1 a rotary part of a machine, esp. in the distributor of an internal-combustion engine.
2 a set of radiating aerofoils round a hub on a helicopter, providing lift when rotated.

Etymology

irreg. for ROTATOR

THESAURUS

rotor

airscrew, carousel, disk, driver, fan, impeller, merry-go-round, paddle wheel, piston, prop, propellant, propeller, propulsor, roller, rolling stone, rotator, roundabout, rundle, screw, screw propeller, top, turbine, twin screws, wheel, whirlabout, whirler, whirligig

ROGET THESAURUS

rotor

Attraction

N attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, drawing to, pulling towards, adduction, electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling, magnetism, magnetic attraction, gravity, attraction of gravitation, lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar, magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite, electromagnet, magnetic coil, voice coil, magnetic dipole, motor coil, rotor, stator, electrical charge, positive charge, negative charge, magnetic pole, north pole, south pole, magnetic monopole, attracting, attrahent, attractive, adducent, adductive, centrifugal, ubi mel ibi apes.