tail rotor (English, noun)
expansion: tail rotor (plural tail rotors)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
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natural-sciences
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glosses: A small rotor mounted vertically at the end of the tail of a single-rotor helicopter so as to develop thrust in the same direction as the main rotor's rotation, to counter the torque effect created by the main rotor.
Forms:
form: tail rotors
tags: plural