counterrotating propellers
1counterrotating — /kown teuhr roh tay ting, kown /, adj. Mach. (of two corresponding or similar moving parts) rotating in opposite directions: counterrotating propellers. [COUNTER + ROTATING] * * * …
2counterrotating — /kown teuhr roh tay ting, kown /, adj. Mach. (of two corresponding or similar moving parts) rotating in opposite directions: counterrotating propellers. [COUNTER + ROTATING] …
3Oszkár Asboth — Asboth Oszkár (March 31, 1891 in Ponkota (now Romania) February 27, 1960 in Budapest) was a Hungarian aviation engineer often credited with the invention of the helicopter. His machine used stacked counterrotating propellers; Asboth never solved… …
4coun´ter|ro|ta´tion — coun|ter|ro|tate «KOWN tuhr ROH tayt», intransitive verb, tat|ed, tat|ing. 1. to contrarotate: »counterrotating propellers. 2. to rotate counterclockwise: »Cyclones counterrotate in the Northern Hemisphere. –coun´ter …
5coun|ter|ro|tate — «KOWN tuhr ROH tayt», intransitive verb, tat|ed, tat|ing. 1. to contrarotate: »counterrotating propellers. 2. to rotate counterclockwise: »Cyclones counterrotate in the Northern Hemisphere. –coun´ter …
6Helicopter — For other uses, see Helicopter (disambiguation). Helicopter An LAPD Bell 206 …
