turboprop

English - Turkish

Definition of turboprop in English Turkish dictionary: türbinli pervanesi olan uçak; türboprop; turboprop motor; (Havacılık) turbo pervane

English - English

Definition of turboprop in English English dictionary: A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller; airplane powered by a turbojet engine; A turboprop is a turbine engine that makes an aircraft propeller go round; an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine; {i} type of jet engine which includes a turbine-driven propeller adding to the thrust of the jet; aircraft powered by one or more turboprop engines (Aeronautics); A turboprop is an aircraft with one or more turboprops. Hybrid engine that provides jet thrust and also drives a propeller. It is similar to the turbojet except that an added turbine, behind the combustion chamber, works through a shaft and speed-reducing gears to turn a propeller at the front of the engine. Because of improvements in turbojet design, the turboprop, which is less efficient at high speeds, lost much of its importance in the 1960s, though it is still used for relatively short-range aircraft; A turbojet engine that drives an external propeller
turboprop engine: engine that turns propellers to create movement
single turboprop: ST, engine with one turbo-powered propeller
turboprops: plural of turboprop

Turkish - English

Definition of turboprop in Turkish English dictionary
"Hercules" adıyla tanınan dört turboprop motorlu nakliye uçağı: (Askeri) Hercules

turboprop

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tur·bo·prop

tırbōpräp

/ˈtərbōˌpräp/ /ˈtɜrboʊˌprɑːp/

[ 't&r-bO-"präp ] (noun.) 1945. turbo- +‎ prop

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