autogyro
An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is…An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
» Juan de la Cierva invented the autogyro and the principles to make a helicopter work.
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1 sensesAn aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
Tragschrauber, Drehflügelflugzeug
автожи́рavtožír
an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller
Examples
1 sentencesJuan de la Cierva invented the autogyro and the principles to make a helicopter work.
Translations
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Origin
From auto- and gyro-, from latinized forms of Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) and γῦρFrom auto- and gyro-, from latinized forms of Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) and γῦρος (gûros, “circle, gyre”), a variant of earlier Spanish autogiro.
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