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noun

rotor

the rotating armature of a motor or generator

In a sentence

Six example sentences with rotor, each labelled with its topic.

  • When the drill died, the shop found the rotor scorched where a bearing had seized against the housing.

    Technology

  • Inside each wind turbine the rotor turns steadily and feeds current to the substation at the edge of the field.

    Environment

  • The building game makes you scavenge a rotor from a wrecked windmill before any machine in camp will run.

    Gaming

  • Spin the rotor inside the coil and the meter needle jumps, the class's first look at how a generator works.

    Science

  • Early dynamo builders wound copper by hand onto the rotor, and a single loose turn could throw the whole machine off balance.

    History

  • Each rowing machine spins a small rotor that generates the current for its own display, so nothing needs plugging in.

    Fitness

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