rotor

Other forms of rotor

plural

rotors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rotor

What does rotor mean?

rotor means "the rotating armature of a motor or generator". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rotor?

rotor has 2 syllables: ro-tor. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /ˈɹoʊtɚ/.

What is another word for rotor?

Close synonyms include rotor coil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of rotor?

The recorded antonyms are stator.

Is rotor a common word?

rotor is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.