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"text": "Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.",
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"ref": "1997 November 30, David Bell, “Day & Night - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 2/5)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)",
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}
],
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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{
"word": "tail rotor"
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{
"word": "wound rotor"
}
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"word": "stator"
}
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],
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"ref": "2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist",
"text": "Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.",
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}
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],
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"rotating",
"rotate"
],
[
"mechanical",
"mechanical"
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"device",
"device"
],
[
"electric motor",
"electric motor"
],
[
"generator",
"generator"
],
[
"alternator",
"alternator"
],
[
"pump",
"pump"
]
]
},
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"en:Aviation"
],
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],
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[
"aviation",
"aviation"
],
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"wing",
"wing"
],
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"helicopter",
"helicopter"
],
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]
],
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],
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"aeronautics",
"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Meteorology"
],
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{
"ref": "2001, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.7.1 Observations and Forecasts”, in Uncontrolled Descent and Collision With Terrain, United Airlines Flight 585, Boeing 737-200, N999UA, 4 Miles South of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 3, 1991, archived from the original on 2021-01-22, pages 30–31",
"text": "A glider instructor, who had been in the COS area for more than 25 years, was interviewed. He stated that around 1200 on the day of the accident, he observed a rotor hit the ground with estimated wind speeds of 70 to 80 miles per hour.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain."
],
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[
"meteorology",
"meteorology"
],
[
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"powerful"
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[
"axis",
"axis"
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[
"atmospheric",
"atmospheric"
],
[
"vortex",
"vortex"
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[
"interaction",
"interaction"
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[
"wind",
"wind"
],
[
"mountainous",
"mountainous"
],
[
"terrain",
"terrain"
]
],
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"(meteorology) A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain."
],
"topics": [
"climatology",
"meteorology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position."
],
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[
"quantity",
"quantity"
],
[
"magnitude",
"magnitude"
],
[
"direction",
"direction"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Cellular automata"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1997 November 30, David Bell, “Day & Night - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 2/5)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)",
"text": "The following figure shows examples of the most versatile class of these oscillators. The first emulates the p10 shown above; the second has period 62 and a rotor of size 10.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1998 March 18, Gunnar Johnsson, “Genetic aspects of the Game of Life.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)",
"text": "The problem of determining the asymptotic colouring for a cyclic pattern from a given initial black and white pattern is completely solved. The analysis leads to the proposal of the distinction between primary and secondary rotor cells (i.e. a refinement of the classical stator-rotor distinction).",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008 June 25, Dave Greene, “Life: B37/S23 - A Chaotic Universe.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)",
"text": "In B37/S23, it goes symmetrical after 10 ticks, and produces a familiar pair of B-heptominoes after 23 ticks (the next generation after this can be found in the rotor of a standard B3/S23 p46 oscillator):",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"The set of cells within an oscillator that switch between being alive and dead over the course of the oscillator's period."
],
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[
"cellular automata",
"cellular automata"
],
[
"cell",
"cell"
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[
"oscillator",
"oscillator"
],
[
"period",
"period"
]
],
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"(cellular automata) The set of cells within an oscillator that switch between being alive and dead over the course of the oscillator's period."
],
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"cellular-automata",
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"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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"amusement park",
"amusement park"
],
[
"carnival",
"carnival"
],
[
"cylindrical",
"cylindrical"
],
[
"chamber",
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],
[
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"centrifugal force"
],
[
"floor",
"floor"
],
[
"defy",
"defy"
],
[
"gravity",
"gravity"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɹəʊ.tə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹoʊ.ɾɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹoʊ.ɾə/",
"note": "US, non-rhotic"
},
{
"rhymes": "(UK) -əʊtə"
},
{
"homophone": "rota"
},
{
"homophone": "Rota (non-rhotic accents)"
},
{
"homophone": "Rhoda (non-rhotic accents with flapping)"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rotor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rotor.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-rotor.wav",
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"tags": [
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],
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}
],
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕamūd nāqil al-ḥaraka",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَمُود نَاقِل الْحَرَكَة"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"word": "errotore"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rotor",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ротор"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"word": "轉子"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuànzǐ",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"word": "转子"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rotor"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"word": "roottori"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"word": "pyörijä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rotor"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rotor"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "droméas",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "δρομέας"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rotore"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rōtā",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"word": "ローター"
},
{
"alt": "かいてんし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaitenshi",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"word": "回転子"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rotor",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ротор"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"word": "paetāwhirowhiro"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rotor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wirnik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rotor"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rotor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rotor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rótor",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ро́тор"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ротор"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rotor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rotor"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"word": "painog"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rótor",
"sense": "a rotating part of a mechanical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ро́тор"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rotor",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ротор"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "perka",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "перка"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuányì",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"word": "旋翼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔ xuányì",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"word": "主旋翼"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"word": "roottori"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hauptrotor"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rotore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pala"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wirnik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "śmigło"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hélice"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "elice"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rótor",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ро́тор"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nesúščij vint",
"sense": "the wing of a helicopter or similar",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "несу́щий винт"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"rotor"
],
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}
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