airplane propeller
- noun
- /ˈɛrpleɪn prəˈpɛlər/
- US
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hélice de avión
- Example: Wright brothers' development of the airplane propeller by studying marine propeller designs. STL Standard 4 p.56
Examples
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He eventually earned a U.S. patent for his work, and the invention became the industry standard for de-icing airplane propellers.
Blog text (4) -
They believed that they could purchase a light gasoline engine and then apply the principles of ship propeller design to the design of airplane propellers.
Academic text (2003) -
Example: Wright Brothers - airplane propeller and wing.
Academic text (2012) -
The airplane propeller is spinning, and this noise matches up with the noise from his dreams.
Blog text (23) -
[Airplane propeller starting]
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His airboat is powered by a huge wooden airplane propeller, which is mounted in a gigantic steel cage at the rear.
Fiction book (2001) -
Using smoke, laser light, model airplane propellers, and a campus wind tunnel, a team of researchers is trying to solve the airflow mysteries that surround wind turbines.
Academic text (2008) -
The air currents then pass through a series of small model-airplane propellers mounted atop posts, mimicking an array of full-size wind turbines, Meneveau said.
Academic text (2008) -
We know the current list of six simple machines and can provide examples of each, but what about examples such as kites, sails, fan blades, wings, airplane propellers, marine propellers, and gas and hydro turbine blades?
Academic text (2012) -
The airplane propeller rotates quickly to provide the necessary thrust for takeoff.
Synonyms
46
3.9
A set of blades that spin to push a boat or plane forward
16
4.6
A part with blades that turns to push a plane or boat forward
8
5.1
A rotating blade that pushes water or air, like on a ship
A machine with blades that turns to push a plane or boat forward
A propeller on a plane that pushes it through the air
A part of a plane with blades you can angle to work better at different speeds
A device with angled blades that turns to push a boat or plane forward
How Powerful
- Specialized
1
5.7
- Specialized
1
5.1
- Specialized
3
6.9
- US
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a rotating device with blades attached to an aircraft engine that pushes against air to generate thrust' is directly derivable from combining 'airplane' (a flying vehicle) and 'propeller' (a bladed propulsion device). This noun-noun compound transparently denotes the propeller used by an airplane, a compositional pattern common across languages and therefore likely understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Airplane propeller comes from the verb 'to propel', which means 'to push'. The spinning blades of a propeller push air back to make the airplane move forward, so the phrase means the device that makes the plane go.