After World War II, as jet engines gained popularity, aerodynamicists used jet engines to turn the propellers on some aircraft. This propulsion system is called a turboprop.
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Turboprop
Synonyms for "turboprop" (6 found)
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26 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- տուրբապտուտակային շարժիչ noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- turbopərvanə noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Catalan
3 entries- turbohèlice noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
- turbohèlix noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
- turbopropulsor noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 渦槳發動機 /涡桨发动机 noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
- 渦輪螺旋槳（噴射）發動機 /涡轮螺旋桨（喷射）发动机 noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Czech
2 entries- proudovrtulový motor noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
- turbovrtulový motor noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Dutch
1 entries- turboprop noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Finnish
1 entries- potkuriturbiini noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
French
1 entries- turbopropulseur noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
German
4 entries- PTL noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
- Propellerturbine noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
- Propellerturbinenluftstrahltriebwerk noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
- Turboprop noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Greek
1 entries- ελικοστροβιλοκινητήρας noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Hindi
1 entries- टर्बोप्रॉप noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Italian
2 entries- turboelica noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
- turbopropulsore noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Polish
1 entries- silnik turbośmigłowy noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Portuguese
1 entries- turboélice noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Russian
1 entries- турбовинтово́й дви́гатель noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Spanish
2 entries- turbohélice noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
- turbopropulsor noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Vietnamese
1 entries- động cơ tuabin cánh quạt noun (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)
Sample sentences
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A C-130 transport plane is a turboprop aircraft. Its main thrust comes from the propellers, but the propellers are turned by turbine engines.
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A Horizon Air worker took off Friday night in one of the airline’s Q400 turboprops at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport […]
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Leaders at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are preparing to gather Monday morning to discuss what policies could prevent insider security breaches similar to the Friday night heist of a turboprop plane that later crashed.
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