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turboprop engine

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tur⋅bo-pro⋅pel⋅ler en⋅gine

[tur-boh-pruh-pel-er]
–noun Aeronautics.
a jet engine with a turbine-driven propeller that produces the principal thrust, augmented by the thrust of the jet exhaust.
Also called propjet engine, turboprop engine.


Origin:
1945–50
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