variable-pitch
[ vair-ee-uh-buhl-pich ]
adjectiveAeronautics, Nautical.
(of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
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How to use variable-pitch in a sentence
The benefits from variable camber could be increased by the introduction of a propeller with a variable pitch.
Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours | Arthur Whitten BrownIt had flaps which permitted slow landings and short take-offs, and it had retractable landing gear and variable-pitch propeller.
The Golden Skull | John BlaineThe chamber is provided with twenty-four grooves of variable pitch which have a final inclination of 8.
With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) | Lieutenant Burne.
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