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A part of a machine designed to rotate, such as in a motor or turbine.
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- motor rotor
- helicopter rotor
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The motor’s rotor jammed against the housing.
A rotor spun above the transport cabin.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular rotor; plural rotors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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