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Definition of Turboprop
1. Noun. An airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine.
Terms within: Fan-jet, Fanjet, Fanjet Engine, Turbofan, Turbofan Engine, Turbojet, Turbojet Engine
Generic synonyms: Propeller Plane
Definition of Turboprop
1. Noun. A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Turboprop
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turboprop
Literary usage of Turboprop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aviation Competition: Regional Jet Service Yet to Reach Many Small Communities by Jayetta Z. Hecker, Steven C. Martin (2001)
"turboprop replacement Airline replaced turboprop service with RJ service.
turboprop supplement Airline added RJ service to existing turboprop operations, ..."
2. Commercial Aviation: Air Service Trends at Small Communities Since October 2000 by Jayetta Z. Hecker (2002)
"51 Two separate regressions were estimated using jet and turboprop departures as
the dependent variables. Results are similar when the employment variable ..."
3. Petroleum Marketing Annual (1992)Technology (1994)
"The number of turboprop aircraft is expected to grow from 6174 in 1998 to 7240
... These forecasts assume that the turboprop fleet grows by approximately 90 ..."
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