autogiro

Definitions


[ˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌdʒʌɪrəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a form of aircraft with freely rotating horizontal blades and a propeller. It differs from a helicopter in that the blades are not powered but rotate in the slipstream, propulsion being by a conventional mounted engine


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Origin:
1920s: from Spanish, from auto- ‘self’ + giro ‘gyration’




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