turboprop

See also: Turboprop

English

Etymology

From turbo- +‎ prop.

Noun

turboprop (plural turboprops)

  1. (aeronautics) A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
  2. (aviation) An aircraft that uses a turboprop engine.
    • 2018 August 10, Paige Cornwell, Agueda Pacheco-Flores, “Airplane taken from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has crashed”, in The Seattle Times‎[1], archived from the original on 30 August 2018:
      A Horizon Air worker took off Friday night in one of the airline’s Q400 turboprops at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport […]
    • 2018 August 12, David Gutman, Mike Baker, “Sea-Tac officials, airlines to meet Monday to discuss security protocols after turboprop heist”, in The Seattle Times‎[2], archived from the original on 13 August 2018:
      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.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

(type of gas-turbine aircraft engine): turbofan, turbojet, turboshaft, propfan, fanjet, HBFJ

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