rotor

Japanese: rotor
rotor

…the blades attached to a rotating shaft and rotating around that shaft are called rotors, and an aircraft that uses the lift generated by rotating the rotor with power to fly is called a helicopter. The word helicopter is a combination of the Greek words helix, meaning a spiral, and pteron, meaning a wing. …

*Some terminology that mentions "rotor" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…回転軸に取り付けられてその軸のまわりを回転する翼を回転翼,またはローターrotorといい,このローターを動力で回転させ,発生した揚力を利用して飛行する航空機をヘリコプターという。helicopterは,らせんを意味するギリシア語のhelixと,翼を意味するギリシア語のpteronとを合成して作られたことばである。…

※「rotor」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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