Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tail_rotor

1 sense of tail rotor

Sense 1
tail rotor, anti-torque rotor -- (rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter; keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor)
       => rotor -- (rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils; "there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine")