turboprop
turboprop · turboprops
турбовинтовой двигатель
Turboprop, Propellerturbine, PTL, Propellerturbinenluftstrahltriebwerk
A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust…A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
US/tˈɝboʊpɹˌɑp/
Meaning
2 sensesA type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
Turboprop, Propellerturbine, PTL
турбовинтово́й дви́гательturbovintovój dvígatelʹ
an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
An aircraft that uses a turboprop engine.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
type of gas-turbine aircraft engine:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
type of gas-turbine aircraft engine:
Origin
Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.?Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.?
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Forms
plural: turboprops| Singular | turboprop |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine:propjetturbo-propeller plane
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedgas turbine
Derivedturbopropped