Usually means: Rotating part in mechanical devices.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word rotor:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. rotor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rotor: Merriam-Webster
  3. rotor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rotor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rotor: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rotor: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rotor, rotor: Wordnik
  8. rotor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. rotor: Wiktionary
  10. rotor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. rotor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. rotor: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Rotor, rotor: Dictionary.com
  14. rotor: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. R.O.T.O.R, ROTOR, Rotor (antenna), Rotor (brake), Rotor (disambiguation), Rotor (electric), Rotor (mathematics), Rotor (ride), Rotor (turbine), Rotor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. rotor: Rhymezone
  17. rotor: FreeDictionary.org
  18. rotor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. rotor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Rotor (distributor), rotor: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rotor (brake), Rotor (distributor), Rotor (turbine), rotor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rotor (meteorology), rotor: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ROTOR: Acronym Finder

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rotor: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. rotor, rotor: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rotor: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rotor: Bicycle Glossary
  2. Rotor: Sports Definitions

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  4. Reliance Electric motor terms (No longer online)

(Note: See rotors as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rotor)

noun:  A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
noun:  (aviation) The wing of a helicopter or other rotary-wing aircraft.
noun:  (meteorology) A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain.
noun:  A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position.
noun:  (cellular automata) The set of cells within an oscillator that switch between being alive and dead over the course of the oscillator's period.
noun:  An amusement park and carnival ride consisting of a rotating cylindrical chamber in which centrifugal force adheres riders to the wall as the floor drops away, creating a sensation of defying gravity.

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