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Word: Autogiro
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s: from Spanish, from auto- ‘self’ + giro ‘gyration’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈdʒʌɪrəʊ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌdʒʌɪrəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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.
Short Definition:form of aircraft with freely rotating horizontal blades and propeller
Variant Forms:
- autogyro
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