turboprop
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- noun
- /ˈtɜrbəˌprɒp/
- Specialized
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turbopropulsor
- The turboprop aircraft took off smoothly from the regional airport, ready for its short journey.
- turboprop engines
- turboprop aircraft
- jet and turboprop
Anyhow, I landed a banana plantation there somewhere in in jungle and had a turboprop and it was a small wheels, a large wheel well.
- Anyhow, I landed a banana plantation there somewhere in in jungle and had a turboprop and it was a small wheels, a large wheel well.
Examples
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Although the V-22 can fly like a turboprop airplane, it lands like a helicopter.
Blog text (20) -
Among the culprits are high fuel prices and the elimination of many smaller turboprops and regional jets.
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Our turboprop plane could seat forty, though it was less than half full.
Fiction book (1999) -
The company specializes in the addition of turboprop engines to aircraft.
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They have very accurate models for a lot of jet powered or turboprop aircraft.
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The agency also operates a "hurricane hunter" fleet of jets and turboprops that fly directly into hurricanes to measure their intensity.
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It is an old Russian turboprop with a dented skin and chipped blue-and-white paint.
Fiction book (2000) -
The aircraft's four turboprop engines roar so loudly that you must wear earplugs to protect your ears.
Academic text (1993) -
One of the twin-engine turboprop planes was used for aerosol research, while the other one helped validate the carbon monoxide measurements obtained by MOPITT.
Academic text (2000) -
Saab Aircraft AB of Linkoping, Sweden, is using a different approach to quiet noise from the turboprop engines in the Saab 340 commuter airplane.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
A plane that uses a jet engine to turn a propeller
An airplane with a propeller turned by a turbine engine
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Etymology
Turboprop comes from two parts: turbo meaning 'spin' or 'whirl' and prop, short for propeller, the blade that 'pushes' a plane. So a turboprop is a plane whose turbine engine spins the propeller to push it forward.