rotor
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the rotating armature of a motor or generator
Types & categories
- armature hypernym
Parts & wholes
- electric motor part holonym
- generator part holonym
- turbine part holonym
Related & opposite
- stator antonym
Sense 2 noun
the revolving bar of a distributor
Types & categories
- bar hypernym
Parts & wholes
- electrical distributor part holonym
Sense 3 noun
rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils
there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine
Types & categories
- rotating mechanism hypernym
- main rotor hyponym
- tail rotor hyponym
Parts & wholes
- eggbeater part holonym
- jet engine part holonym
- impeller part meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | stator |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | electric motor |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | generator |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | turbine |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | armature |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | electrical distributor |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bar |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | eggbeater |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | jet engine |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | impeller |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rotating mechanism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | main rotor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tail rotor |