rotor-ship
1Rotor Ship — A Rotor ship, also known as a Flettner ship, is a ship designed to use the Magnus effect for propulsion. The Magnus effect is a force acting on a spinning body in a moving airstream, which acts perpendicularly to the direction of the airstream.… …
2rotor ship — noun : a ship propelled by the pressure and suction of the wind acting on one or more revolving vertical cylinders * * * rotor ship noun • • • Main Entry: ↑rotor * * * rotor ship, a ship equipped with a rotor mast in place of sails …
3rotor mast — rotor mast, a rotating cylinder rising above the deck to propel a rotor ship …
4ship — Synonyms and related words: Graf Zeppelin, address, aeroplane, aerostat, air express, aircraft, airfreight, airmail, airplane, airship, argosy, ark, avion, back, bag, balance rudder, ballonet, balloon, barge, barrel, bathyscaphe, batten, beak,… …
5rotor — /roh teuhr/, n. 1. Elect. a rotating member of a machine. Cf. stator (def. 1). 2. Aeron. a system of rotating airfoils, as the horizontal ones of a helicopter or of the compressor of a jet engine. 3. any of a number of tall, cylindrical devices… …
6rotor — /ˈroʊtə / (say rohtuh) noun 1. Electricity the rotating member of a machine (opposed to stator). 2. Aeronautics a system of rotating aerofoils, usually horizontal, as those of a helicopter. 3. Machinery the rotating assembly of blades in a… …
7Rotor Flettner — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El Rotor Flettner es un sistema de impulsión eólica para naves, inventado a inicios del siglo XX por el alemán Anton Flettner, haciendo uso práctico del efecto Magnus. El uso del efecto Magnus ha sido propuesto para… …
8Ship gun fire-control system — Mk 37 Director c1944 with Mk 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mk 22 orange peel Ship gun fire control systems (GFCS) enable remote and automatic targeting of guns against ships, aircraft, and shore targets, with or without the aid of radar or optical …
9Flettner-rotor — Magnuseffekt am Flettner Rotor Der Flettner Rotor ist ein alternativer aerodynamischer Antrieb in Form eines der Windströmung ausgesetzten, rotierenden Zylinders, der durch den Magnus Effekt eine Kraft quer zur Anströmung entwickelt. Er ist nach… …
10Flettner-Rotor — Spielzeugschiff mit Flettner Rotoren Der Flettner Rotor ist ein alternativer aerodynamischer Antrieb in Form eines der Windströmung ausgesetzten, rotierenden Zylinders, der durch den Magnus Effekt eine Kraft quer zur Anströmung entwickelt. Er ist …
