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noun
An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: aircraft
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: autogiro, gyroplane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heavier-than-air craft
History
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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