screw propeller
a rotary propelling device, as for a ship or airplane, consisting of a number of blades that radiate from a central hub and are so inclined to the plane of rotation as to tend to drive a helical path through the substance in which they rotate.
Origin of screw propeller
1Other words from screw propeller
- screw-pro·pelled, adjective
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How to use screw propeller in a sentence
The Princeton was the first of the screw-propelled navy which has now entirely displaced the older type of steam-vessel.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine | Robert H. Thurston
British Dictionary definitions for screw propeller
an early form of ship's propeller in which an Archimedes' screw is used to produce thrust by accelerating a flow of water
Derived forms of screw propeller
- screw-propelled, adjective
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