variable-pitch
Americanadjective
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Even after France nationalized its aviation industry in 1936, he was permitted to keep a small plant at Saint-Cloud, where he turned out variable-pitch propellers until France fell in World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
Electronic racket raisers, says the colonel, "will project high-intensity, variable-pitch sounds, blatting, shrieking noises, etc., in such volume that they will be almost intolerable to the human ear."
From Time Magazine Archive
Newfangled were Designer Fokker's automatic stabilizer, a vertical variable-pitch fin that works like a steerable centre board; and a stainless steel anchor that fits itself into the ship's bottom about 20 feet from the bow.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had flaps which permitted slow landings and short take-offs, and it had retractable landing gear and variable-pitch propeller.
From The Golden Skull by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
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