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rotor (n.)
[rotor 词源字典]
1873, irregular shortening of
rotator
(see
rotate
(v.)), originally in mathematics. Mechanical sense is attested from 1903; specifically of helicopters from 1930.
[rotor etymology, rotor origin, 英语词源]
[rotor 词源字典]