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turboshaft

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tur⋅bo⋅shaft

  [tur-boh-shaft, -shahft]
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–noun Aeronautics.
a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.
Also called turboshaft engine.

Origin:
1955–60; turbo- + shaft
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tur·bo·shaft   (tûr'bō-shāft')   
n.  A gas turbine engine that powers a rotating cylindrical shaft, as to a pump or a helicopter rotor.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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