English Explanatory Dictionary

gyrodyne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing, as well as one or more conventional propellers to provide forward thrust during cruising flight

Word forms

gyrodyne gyrodynes

Etymology

From gyro- + -dyne.

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