How to Use rotor in a Sentence

rotor

noun
  • Those bolts clamp blades to the rotor and bear the stress of wind and motion.
    The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Put the pads and bracket back over the rotor and reinsert the bolts.
    Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Most cars have a disk (called a rotor) attached to the wheel.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • The Blackhawk has a rotor section on top and in the back.
    David Harris, orlandosentinel.com, 4 June 2021
  • For disc brakes, remember to bed in the new pads to the rotor.
    Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The damage suggests the rotor hit the surface on the way down.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2024
  • As a result, the helicopter’s rotor struck the flight deck and the aircraft crashed over the side of the ship.
    Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2021
  • But the wave rotor is not the only unique thing about Gosse’s spaceship.
    Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024
  • Strain on rotor shaft The torque meter measures the strain on the rotor shaft.
    Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • As two of them jumped out to secure the aircraft, they were hit and killed by its rotor blades.
    Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Given the physics of flying there, a rotor that size can’t lift more than 4 pounds here on Earth.
    John Kennedy, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Forward thrust makes the rotor blades spin, and the blades alone provide lift and control.
    Kevin V. Brown, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2021
  • Its rotor, which provides lift, spins freely without the help of the engine.
    Chris Boyette, CNN, 30 July 2023
  • Then the main rotor is about hundred yards beyond that.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2020
  • All but three of the cars built were powered by a Wankel, debuting with a three-rotor unit.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The motion of wind rotates the large blades of the turbine, which in turn rotates a rotor in the square box at the top of the turbine, called a nacelle.
    London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Mast removed the 1950s belts and rotors, refurbished them and put them back.
    Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Huge Wilwood brakes, with 16-inch rotors and six-piston calipers up front, take care of stopping.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The middle portion of the blade is the sweet spot, generating enough excess thrust to keep the rotor spinning against the drags of the tip and the root.
    Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The transmission was found with the rotor head and blades still attached about 20 feet from the main wreckage, the report said.
    Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022
  • In the Smøla test, researchers painted one rotor on four turbines black in 2013.
    Byian Mount, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022
  • And in spite of hitting a top speed of only 250 rpm, the fan is even more well-balanced than the rotor of a turbocharger.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2022
  • In a hover, these props can balance out the torque from the main rotor much like a normal tail rotor does.
    New Atlas, 24 July 2024
  • Brakes: If the rotors are very hot, exposure to water can warp them.
    Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
  • This flotation device served as the machine’s hull in the water, and was shaped like a trefoil to leave room for the airflow of the rotors.
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 July 2023
  • That side-to-side movement caused the helicopter’s main rotor to strike the flight deck, which in turn led to the helicopter going over the side of the ship.
    Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The engine is nested on the seat back, with two rotor blades folded behind it.
    Kevin V. Brown, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2021
  • Everybody who owns a car or truck should learn how to replace their brake pads and rotors.
    Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
  • When the plates of the stator and rotor reach their closest approach, thin wires will make contact, allowing charges to transfer between them.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
  • The gold rotor is a nice touch in this context, and Piaget’s history as the leader in ultra-thin watches is undeniable.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2024

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