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airscrew en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From air + screw.

Meanings

  1. The propeller of an aircraft; the prop.
  2. Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air.
    • The [wind] tunnel will be housed in a separate building close to the Railway Research Laboratory. It will be operated by an airscrew driven by a 50 h.p. motor which will draw air through at varying speeds up to 100 m.p.h. 1952 November, “Notes and News: Wind Tunnel for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 779:

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Translations (6)

de Luftschraube (propeller of an aircraft) · es hélice (propeller of an aircraft) · ga aerscriú (propeller of an aircraft) · ro elice (propeller of an aircraft) · de Flugzeugpropeller (propeller of an aircraft) · uk повітряний гвинт (propeller of an aircraft)