Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gas turbine engine that powers a rotating cylindrical shaft, as to a pump or a helicopter rotor.
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- noun A
gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a gearedshaft , used inhelicopters and for land and marinevehicular andstationary applications.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Longbow looked like a mosquito, with its slightly dipped rotors and stubby wings set against a long, slender body, a large General Electric T700-GE-701 turboshaft engine mounted high on each side of the fuselage.
Call to Treason Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2004
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G ULL EMEC ASCENDEDthe turboshaft of Sentok Nor, the Cardassian-engineered space station that glittered in the sky above Betazed.
The Battle of Betazed Charlotte Douglas 2002
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G ULL EMEC ASCENDEDthe turboshaft of Sentok Nor, the Cardassian-engineered space station that glittered in the sky above Betazed.
The Battle of Betazed Charlotte Douglas 2002
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Grabbing Soloman by the arm, Gold pulled the Bynar close to him and hurled them both into the yawning darkness of the turboshaft.
Miracle Workers Keith R.A. DeCandido 2001
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Forcing the turbolift doors apart with the opener revealed the darkened walls of the turboshaft.
Miracle Workers Keith R.A. DeCandido 2001
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Grabbing Soloman by the arm, Gold pulled the Bynar close to him and hurled them both into the yawning darkness of the turboshaft.
Miracle Workers Keith R.A. DeCandido 2001
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Forcing the turbolift doors apart with the opener revealed the darkened walls of the turboshaft.
Miracle Workers Keith R.A. DeCandido 2001
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Forcing the turbolift doors apart with the opener revealed the darkened walls of the turboshaft.
Miracle Workers Keith R.A. DeCandido 2001
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Forcing the turbolift doors apart with the opener revealed the darkened walls of the turboshaft.
INTERPHASE: BOOK TWO Dayton Ward 2001
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Grabbing Soloman by the arm, Gold pulled the Bynar close to him and hurled them both into the yawning darkness of the turboshaft.
INTERPHASE: BOOK TWO Dayton Ward 2001
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