Definitions
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- noun nonstandard Alternative spelling of
propeller .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water
Etymologies
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Examples
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They were closely patterned after a similar chair by Saarinen except that they featured a four-blade 'propellor' base instead of the circular 'Tulip' base...
Archive 2009-04-01 Fresca 2009
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Savonius style turnines combined with aerofoil blades, although inneficient do not have the inherent problems that conventional 'propellor' styles have.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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In the painting I showed it by a propellor, a ladder and the French and Catalan flags.
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Inventor replaces the wing and propellor with an entirely new method of using a horizontal axis fan instead of an aerofoil wing.
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The effect on whales of propellor noise, military sonar and explosions set off in the search for oil and gas is highly controversial.
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The barrier should be made entirely of rubberlike material, and free from metal chains or cables extending therealong, so that when it is accidentally run over by a ship, rather than winding up around a propellor or shaft and so possibly causing considerable damage or delay necessary for its removal, it is simply chopped up into pieces.
Georgianne Nienaber: Coast Guard Media Liaison Works for BP's PR Agency 2010
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In such case, it is desirable that its sections be relatively short and easily replaceable, thus causing no particular problems, certainly fewer than those of a ship immobilized until its propellor can be freed of chain or cable wrappings.
Georgianne Nienaber: Coast Guard Media Liaison Works for BP's PR Agency 2010
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The place was ventilated by a wooden airplane propellor bolted to a huge electric motor.
Roger L. Simon » Climategate – the scandal that keeps on giving, even here in Austin 2010
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The barrier should be made entirely of rubberlike material, and free from metal chains or cables extending therealong, so that when it is accidentally run over by a ship, rather than winding up around a propellor or shaft and so possibly causing considerable damage or delay necessary for its removal, it is simply chopped up into pieces.
Georgianne Nienaber: Coast Guard Media Liaison Works for BP's PR Agency 2010
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In such case, it is desirable that its sections be relatively short and easily replaceable, thus causing no particular problems, certainly fewer than those of a ship immobilized until its propellor can be freed of chain or cable wrappings.
Georgianne Nienaber: Coast Guard Media Liaison Works for BP's PR Agency 2010
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