English
rotor
From an irregular clipping of rotator, originally in mathematics, coined by English mathematician and philosopher William Kingdon Clifford based on vector, see quotations.
The story
From an irregular clipping of rotator, originally in mathematics, coined by English mathematician and philosopher William Kingdon Clifford based on vector, see quotations.
Today it means
noun A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
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Etymograph / rotor