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Tail Rotor

Definition: Tail Rotor

Tail Rotor

Noun

1. Rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter; keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Tail Rotor

Synonym: anti-torque rotor (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tail Rotor

English words defined with "tail rotor": anti-torque rotor. (references)

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Modern Translations: Tail Rotor

Language Translations for "tail rotor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

staartrotornaaf (tail rotor head, tail rotor hub). (various references)

   

French

  

moyeu de rotor arrière (tail rotor head, tail rotor hub). (various references)

   

German

  

Heckrotorkopf (tail rotor head, tail rotor hub). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κεφαλή πίσω στροφείου (tail rotor head, tail rotor hub), κεφαλή ουραίου στροφείου ελικοπτέρου (tail rotor head, tail rotor hub). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

farokrotor. (various references)

   

Italian

  

mozzo del rotore di coda (tail rotor head, tail rotor hub). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ailtay otorray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

cubo do rotor de cauda (tail rotor head, tail rotor hub). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cubo de rotor de cola (tail rotor head, tail rotor hub), cabeza de rotor trasero (tail rotor head, tail rotor hub). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Tail Rotor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-l-o-o-r-r-t-t"

-2 letters: rotator, traitor.

-3 letters: oorali, orator, rialto, tailor.

-4 letters: atilt, lirot, lotto, ottar, ratio, rotor, tarot, tolar, torot, total, trail, trait, trial, triol.

-5 letters: airt, alit, alto, aril, iota, lair, lari, lati, liar, lira, loot, lota, loti, olio, oral, orra, otto, rail, rato, rial, riot, roar, roil, root, rota, roti, rotl, roto, tail, tali, taro, tart, tilt, tirl, tiro, toil, toit, tola, tool, toot, tora, tori, toro, torr, tort, trio, trot.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-l-o-o-r-r-t-t"
 

+2 letters: obliterator.

 

+3 letters: interpolator, irrotational, obliterators, traitorously.

 

+4 letters: interpolators, martyrologist, narratologist, watercolorist.

 

+5 letters: martyrologists, narratologists, prothonotarial, ultramicrotome, ultramicrotomy, watercolorists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tail Rotor


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 69 6C      52 6F 74 6F 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01101001 01101100 00100000 01010010 01101111 01110100 01101111 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#105 &#108 &#32 &#82 &#111 &#116 &#111 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 0069 006C      0052 006F 0074 006F 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5467757825281868184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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