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tilt-rotor definition

tilt·-rotor (tilt′rōt′ər)

noun

an aircraft with rotors that can be switched from spinning horizontally, usually during takeoffs and landings, to spinning vertically, as during regular flight
sometimes written tiltrotor tilt′·ro′tor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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