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Autogiro

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Noun

1. autogiro, autogyro, gyroplane

an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Autogiro

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noun plural -ros
a self-propelled aircraft supported in flight mainly by unpowered rotating horizontal blades
. Also called: gyroplane Compare helicopter

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Autogiro

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nounWord forms: plural ˌautoˈgiros
an aircraft that moves forward by means of a propeller and is supported in the air mainly by means of a large rotor mounted horizontally above the fuselage and turned by air pressure rather than motor power: largely superseded by the helicopter

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Autogiro

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n. pl. au·to·gi·ros also au·to·gy·ros
An aircraft powered by a conventional propeller and supported in flight by a freewheeling, horizontal rotor that provides lift.

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