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propellor
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The main thrust bearings on ships are designed to take thrust generated by the propellers and move the ship in the direction of the thrust.
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At the very back, where the tail would be on a conventional plane, a propeller faces forwards, ready to power horizontal flight.
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Tale of a Whale Without flukes, feeding is difficult: Gray whales need their tails as a propeller to navigate headfirst into the muddy seafloor and filter out small crustaceans.
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Thus did the Allies compliment the boyish Dutchman whose highly maneuverable fighter plane—the Fokker D.VII—boasted machine guns that could fire through a whirling propeller without hitting it.
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The quieter propellers of last year's Mavic Pro Platinum are not here, either, so flying the drone around is still fairly noisy.
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Coming off a night of no sleep after accidentally getting the boat’s propeller tangled with a buoy line, Anderson calls Keith with a short fuse.
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Slicing through it all are Thailand’s most ubiquitous and distinctive crafts—long-tail boats, like big canoes powered by diesel truck engines with protruding drive shafts tipped with propellers.
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Video footage showed the Airbus Eurocopter plunging into the frigid waters of the East River with its propellers still churning, and then toppling upside down, despite the deployment of safety pontoons that were supposed to keep the craft upright.
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First Known Use of propeller
1780
PROPELLER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of propeller for English Language Learners
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: a device with two or more blades that turn quickly and cause a ship or aircraft to move
PROPELLER Defined for Kids
Definition of propeller for Students
: a device having a hub fitted with blades that is made to turn rapidly by an engine and that causes a ship, power boat, or airplane to move
Learn More about propeller
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See words that rhyme with propeller Spanish Central: Translation of propeller Nglish: Translation of propeller for Spanish speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about propeller
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