turboprop engine
nounDefinition of turboprop engine
: a jet engine designed to produce thrust principally by means of a propeller driven by a turbine with additional thrust usually obtained by the rearward discharge of hot exhaust gases
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The original design was based on turboprop engines. — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, "Why It's So Damned Hard To Build a New Bomber," 11 Nov. 2015 Built on the frame of the obsolete P-3 Orion submarine hunter, the Aries II is powered by four turboprop engines and has a crew of 24. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Pentagon Releases New Video of Russian Fighter's Dangerous Maneuvers," 31 Jan. 2018 The airplane uses 100 percent Chinese components, including four WJ-6 turboprop engines descended from a 1950s-era engine designed by the Soviet Union. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The Largest Seaplane in the World Takes First Flight," 27 Dec. 2017 The aircraft has a 38.8-meter wingspan and four turboprop engines. — Deutsche Welle, USA TODAY, "China launches world's largest amphibious aircraft with an eye on South China Sea," 24 Dec. 2017 Coffee brews in the little galley in the back, where a clutch of scientists and technicians in blue jumpsuits banter about the baseball playoffs, their voices raised above the resonant drone of Miss Piggy's four Allison T56-A-14 turboprop engines. — Bucky Mcmahon, Popular Mechanics, "What's it like to fly a plane into a hurricane like Irma? We climbed into a NOAA plane in 2016 and flew into the heart of Hurricane Matthew to find out.," 8 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'turboprop engine.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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