AUTOGIRO

autogiro, autogyro, gyroplane

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

autogiro (plural autogiros)

(aircraft) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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