Rotor Explained

Rotor may refer to:

Science and technology

Rotor (electric), the non-stationary part of an alternator or electric motor, operating with a stationary element so called the stator
ROTOR, a former radar project in the UK following the Second World War
Rotor (antenna)
In mechanical engineering, the rotor is a part of a machine that rotates about its own axis.
- Helicopter rotor, the rotary wing(s) of a rotorcraft such as a helicopter
- Rotor (turbine), the rotor of a turbine powered by fluid pressure
- Rotor (crank), a variable-angle bicycle crank
- Rotor (brake), the disc of a disc brake, in U.S. terminology
- Rotor (brake mechanism), a device that allows the handlebars and fork to revolve indefinitely without tangling the rear brake cable - see Detangler
- Rotor (distributor), a component of the ignition system of an internal combustion engine
- Pistonless rotary engine

Rotor machine, the rotating wheels used in certain cipher machines, such as the German Enigma machine
- Rotor (Enigma machine), a rotating part of the German Enigma machine
Rotor (software project), the former code name for Microsoft's shared source implementation of its Common Language Infrastructure

Rotor (mathematics), an even-graded multivector used to produce rotations and some other affine transformations
Curl (mathematics), known as rotor in some countries, a vector operator that shows a vector field's rate of rotation

SC Rotor Volgograd, a Russian football club
Rotor (Sonic the Hedgehog), a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
Rotor (ride), the trade name for an amusement ride
Rotor (meteorology), a turbulent horizontal vortex that forms in the trough of lee waves
Rotor, a space colony in Isaac Asimov's novel Nemesis
R.O.T.O.R., a 1987 science fiction/action movie