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Counterrotation vs Contrarotation - What's the difference?

counterrotation | contrarotation |

As nouns the difference between counterrotation and contrarotation

is that counterrotation is rotation in the opposite direction while contrarotation is the use of a single piston or turboprop engine to drive two propellers in opposite rotation.

counterrotation

English

Noun

  • rotation in the opposite direction
  • * 1991 , Skiing (volume 43, number 5, January 1991, page 63)
    • Ole Christian Furuseth, the 1990 World Cup giant slalom champion, attributes his success to hip counterrotation exercises.

    contrarotation

    English

    Noun

    (Contra-rotating propellers) (-)
  • The use of a single piston or turboprop engine to drive two propellers in opposite rotation.

    • Related terms

    * contrarotating