controllable-pitch

[ kuhn-troh-luh-buhl-pich ]

adjective
  1. (of a marine or aircraft propeller) having blades whose pitch can be changed during navigation or flight; variable-pitch.

Origin of controllable-pitch

1
First recorded in 1935–40

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