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turboshaft

turboshaft noun: a gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft, used in helicopters and for land and marine vehicular and stationary applications.

Noun

turboshaft (plural turboshafts)

  1. A gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft, used in helicopters and for land and marine vehicular and stationary applications.

Forms of turboshaft

pluralturboshafts

Origin of turboshaft

From turbo- + shaft.

Questions about turboshaft

What does turboshaft mean?
Turboshaft means a gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft, used in helicopters and for land and marine vehicular and stationary applications.
What part of speech is turboshaft?
Turboshaft is a noun.
What is the plural of turboshaft?
The plural of turboshaft is turboshafts.

Words near turboshaft in the dictionary

  1. turborocket
  2. turborockets
  3. turbos
  4. turbosail
  5. turbosails
  6. turboshaft
  7. turboshafts
  8. turboslut
  9. turbosluts
  10. turbostratic
  11. turbostratically

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