airscrew
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of airscrew
Example Sentences
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The airscrew must then act as a giant parachute.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fuel screw operates in basically the opposite way that the airscrew does.
From Time Magazine Archive
The airscrew blades revolving like a windmill must have gigantic proportions which will militate against achievement in other directions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leonardo da Vinci designed a spiral airscrew in the hope of achieving perpendicular flight.
From Time Magazine Archive
In all but a few types of machine the airscrew is now retained in the forward position.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
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