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blucket

blucket noun: a type of turbine blade where the inner portion of the blade is driven by expanding exhaust gases from the engine core, while the outer portion extends into the bypass duct and serves as a fan blade; used on a few turbofans with rear-mounted fans.

Noun

blucket (plural bluckets)

  1. A type of turbine blade where the inner portion of the blade is driven by expanding exhaust gases from the engine core, while the outer portion extends into the bypass duct and serves as a fan blade; used on a few turbofans with rear-mounted fans.

Forms of blucket

pluralbluckets

Origin of blucket

Blend of blade + bucket; the use of bucket here refers to the inner, turbine portion of the blade.

Questions about blucket

What does blucket mean?
Blucket means a type of turbine blade where the inner portion of the blade is driven by expanding exhaust gases from the engine core, while the outer portion extends into the bypass duct and serves as a fan blade; used on a few turbofans with rear-mounted fans.
What part of speech is blucket?
Blucket is a noun.
What is the plural of blucket?
The plural of blucket is bluckets.

Words near blucket in the dictionary

  1. blucher
  2. bluchers
  3. Bluck
  4. blucka
  5. Blucke
  6. blucket
  7. bluckets
  8. blud
  9. Bludenz
  10. bludge
  11. bludged

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