turboprop
See also: Turboprop
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turboprop (plural turboprops)
- (aeronautics) A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
- (aviation) An aircraft that uses a turboprop engine.
- 2018, “Airplane taken from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has crashed”, in the Seattle Times[1]:
- A 29-year-old mechanic took off in a Horizon Air Q400 turboprop at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Friday night […]
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(type of gas-turbine aircraft engine): turbofan, turbojet, turboshaft, propfan, fanjet, HBFJ
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type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
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aircraft using a turboprop engine