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propeller


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tractor  screw  \Tractor  screw\  or  propeller  \propeller\ 
  (Aviation) 
  A  propeller  screw  placed  in  front  of  the  supporting  planes  of 
  an  a["e]roplane  instead  of  behind  them  so  that  it  exerts  a 
  pull  instead  of  a  push  Hence 
 
  {Tractor  monoplane}, 
 
  {Tractor  biplane},  etc 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Propeller  \Pro*pel"ler\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  propels. 
 
  2.  A  contrivance  for  propelling  a  steam  vessel,  usually 
  consisting  of  a  screw  placed  in  the  stern  under  water,  and 
  made  to  revolve  by  an  engine;  a  propeller  wheel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  propeller 
  n  :  a  device  that  rotates  to  push  against  air  or  water  [syn:  {propellor}] 




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