“propeller engine”

The following 2 entries include the term propeller engine.

turbine-propeller engine

noun

: an airplane propulsion system in which a turbine drives a compressor and a propeller with thrust being derived from the propeller and also from the exhaust jet of the turbine

turbo-propeller engine

noun

: a jet engine having a turbine-driven propeller and designed to produce thrust principally by means of a propeller although additional thrust is usually obtained from the hot exhaust gases which issue in a jet


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