ROTOR HEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rotor head mean? 

• ROTOR HEAD (noun)
  The noun ROTOR HEAD has 1 sense:

1. the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns

  Familiarity information: ROTOR HEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROTOR HEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

rotor head; rotor shaft

Hypernyms ("rotor head" is a kind of...):

axis; axis of rotation (the center around which something rotates)

Holonyms ("rotor head" is a part of...):

main rotor (rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a single-rotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air)