English Explanatory Dictionary

autogyro

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.

Word forms

autogyro autogyros autogiro

Etymology

From auto- and gyro-, from latinized forms of Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) and γῦρος (gûros, “circle, gyre”), a variant of earlier Spanish autogiro.

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