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Rotor may refer to:

In engineering:
  • Helicopter rotor, the rotary wing(s) of a rotorcraft such as a helicopter
  • Rotor (electric), the non-stationary part of an alternator or electric motor, operating with a stationary element called the stator.
  • ROTOR, a former radar project in the UK following the Second World War
  • Rotor (turbine), the rotor of a turbine powered by fluid pressure
  • Rotor (brake), the disc of a disc brake, in U.S. terminology
  • Rotor (distributor), a component of the ignition system of an internal combustion engine
  • Rotor (engine), the rotary piston in a rotary combustion engine
  • Rotor (antenna), an electric motor that rotates an antenna to the direction of transmission or reception
  • Rotor (magazine), a US magazine covering the civil helicopter industry
In computing:
  • Rotor machine, the rotating wheels used in certain cipher machines, such as the German Enigma machine
  • Rotor (software project), the former code name for Microsoft's shared source implementation of its Common Language Infrastructure
In medicine: In music:
  • Rotor (band), a German progressive stoner rock band
  • Rotor Plus (sometimes known as Rotor), an experimental electronica band from New Zealand
In other fields:
  • SC Rotor Volgograd, a Russian football club
  • Rotor (Sonic the Hedgehog), a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
  • Rotor (ride), the trade name for an amusement ride
  • Rotor (meteorology), a turbulent horizontal vortex that forms in the trough of lee waves
  • Rotor (mathematics), an n-blade object in geometric algebra, which rotates another n-blade object about a fixed or translated point
  • Rotor (planet), a planet in Isaac Asimov's book Nemesis
  • Rotor (game), a game written for the Commodore Amiga computer


ROTOR was a huge and elaborate air defence radar system built by the British Government in the early 1950s to counter possible attack by Soviet bombers.

It was first proposed in the Cherry Report of 1949 which suggested that the 170 existing Royal Air Force radar stations be reduced to 66 sites and the electronics extensively upgraded and relocated into nuclear bunkers. Six R4 Sector Operation Control (SOC) centres provided overall control to a command hierarchy of bunkers, known as R3, R2 and R1 bunkers. Another 28 Anti-Aircraft Operations Room (AAOR) bunkers were built for control of anti-aircraft guns.

These new bunkers consumed 350,000 tons of concrete. The work was mainly carried out by the Marconi Wireless and Telegraph Company in several phases, called ROTOR 1, ROTOR 2 and ROTOR 3.

The bunkers for the East coast, facing the direction of expected attack, were buried deep underground but west coast sites were only partially buried.

The system was extensively revamped in the mid-fifties with the development of the Green Garlic radar (later called the Type 80), which allowed detection and ground control of interception to be performed using the same radar.

This and the need for quicker reaction times because of the development of Soviet supersonic aircraft meant that the number of sites was further reduced. Whilst some were retained as Master Radar Stations (MRS), all of the AAOR sites and many others became government department and local authority wartime headquarters. In the mid-1960s the Master Radar Stations themselves were replaced with a new system called Linesman/Mediator.

Until the end of the Cold War the sites were retained by the government but now have been sold off to private buyers or converted into museums and some transferred to the National Air Traffic Control Centre.

Sector Operation Control centres

Custom Built: World War II:

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A rotor is the rotating part of a helicopter which generates lift, either vertically in the case of a main rotor, or horizontally in the case of a tail rotor.

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The rotor is the non-stationary part of a rotary electric motor or alternator, which rotates because the wires and magnetic field of the motor are arranged so that a torque is developed about the rotor's axis.
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turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow. Claude Burdin (1788-1873) coined the term from the Latin turbinis, or vortex during an 1828 engineering competition.
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disc brake is a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a wheel. A brake disc (or rotor in U.S. English), usually made of cast iron or ceramic, is connected to the wheel or the axle.
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distributor is a device in the ignition system of an internal combustion engine that routes high voltage from the ignition coil to the spark plugs in the correct firing order. The first high-tension distributor was developed around 1904, independently by Napier, Bouton, and Winton.
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pistonless rotary engine is an internal combustion engine that does not use pistons in the way a reciprocating engine does, but instead uses one or more s, sometimes called rotary pistons. An example of a pistonless rotary engine is the Wankel engine.
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An antenna rotor is motorized device that rotates an outdoor antenna to the required direction of transmission or reception.

The rotor (or rotator) is normally mounted on a radio mast, with a manually-operated control device at ground level, to allow the television
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rotor machine is an electro-mechanical device used for encrypting and decrypting secret messages. Rotor machines were the cryptographic state-of-the-art for a brief but prominent period of history; they were in widespread use in the 1930s–1950s.
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The Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure (SSCLI), previously codenamed Rotor, is Microsoft's shared source implementation of the CLI, the core of .NET. Although the SSCLI is not suitable for commercial use due to its license, it does make it possible for programmers
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MeSH D006933 Rotor syndrome is a rare, benign autosomal recessive disorder of unknown origin.

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It has many things in common with Dubin-Johnson syndrome except that in Rotor Syndrome, the liver cells are not pigmented.
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Rotor

Full name Football Club Rotor Volgograd
Founded 1929 as Dzerzhinets
Ground Rotor Stadium, Volgograd
Capacity 38,000
Chairman Vladimir Goryunov

Manager Valery Burlachenko
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    Rotor the Walrus is a fictional character and a protagonist from the Sonic the Hedgehog animated series, as well as the ongoing comic book series Sonic the Hedgehog, both based on the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games.
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    Rotor is an amusement park ride, designed by German engineer Ernst Hoffmeister in the late 1940s. The ride was first demonstrated at Oktoberfest 1949, and was exhibited at fairs and events throughout Europe during the 1950s and 1960s.
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    lee waves, are atmospheric standing waves. The most common form is mountain waves, which are atmospheric internal gravity waves, and were discovered in 1933 by German glider pilots above the Riesengebirge.
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    A rotor is an n-blade object in geometric algebra, which rotates another n-blade object about a fixed or translated point.

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    • Curl

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    Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range, altitude, direction, or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain.
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    Her Majesty's Government (HMG or HM Government), or when the monarch is male, His Majesty's Government, is the formal title used by the United Kingdom government, based at 10 Downing Street in London.
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    bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs.

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    Strategic bombers are primarily designed for long-range strike missions with bombs against strategic targets such as supply bases, bridges, factories,
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    Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. The RAF was formed on 1 April 1918 and has since taken a significant role in British military history since then, playing a large part in World War II and in conflicts such as the recent war in Iraq.
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    Electronics is the study of the flow of charge through various materials and devices such as, semiconductors, resistors, inductors, capacitors, nano-structures, and vacuum tubes. All applications of electronics involve the transmission of power and possibly information.
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    bunker is a defensive military fortification. Bunkers are mostly below ground, compared to blockhouses which are mostly above ground. They were used extensively in World War I and World War II.
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    Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defence, is any method of engaging military aircraft in combat from the ground. Various guns and cannons have been used in this role since the first military aircraft were used in World War I, growing in power and accuracy over the years.
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    The Marconi Company Ltd. was founded by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 as the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company (sometimes presented as Wireless Telegraph Trading Signal Company).
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    supersonic aircraft is one that is designed to exceed the speed of sound in at least some of its normal flight configurations.

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    The great majority of supersonic aircraft today are military or experimental aircraft.
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    Linesman/Mediator was a dual-purpose civil and military radar network in the United Kingdom.

    Linesman was the air defence element of the project, and Mediator the air traffic control element.
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    NATS, (formerly "National Air Traffic Services Ltd."), is the United Kingdom's main air navigation service provider. A full member of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, NATS is also a shareholder in European Satellite Services Provider
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