Meaning

2 senses
  1. The shaft which transmits the rotary motion from an engine to a propeller, as on a ship or aircraft.

  2. The shaft which connects the gearbox to the differential on the axle of a rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive vehicle.

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
shaft which connects the gearbox to the differential:

Forms

plural: propeller shafts
Singularpropeller shaft
Pluralpropeller shafts

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
propshaft

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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