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    [Noun]  | "au*to*gi*ro" | \ ˌȯ-tō-ˈjī-(ˌ)rō \


    1: a rotary-wing aircraft that employs a propeller for forward motion and a freely rotating rotor for lift


    Origin: 1907 ;

     Borrowed from Spanish, from auto- {see: |auto-|auto-} + giro "turn, rotation," going back to Latin gyrus "circular course, circle, ring" {mat|gyre:1|};

      * Note : The first practical rotorcraft, dubbed in Spanish the autogiro, was developed by the self-taught aeronautical engineer Juan de la Cierva (1895-1936) in 1923. The name was later registered as a trademark in the U.S. by the Pitcairn Aircraft Company.;

    [Noun]  | "autogiro" 


    1: as in tilt-rotor, gyroplane;


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