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airscrew

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From air + screw.

noun airscrews

  1. The propeller of an aircraft; the prop.
  2. Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air. The [wind] tunnel will be housed in a separate building close to the Railway Research Laboratory. It will be operated by an airscrew driven by a 50 h.p. motor which will draw air through at varying speeds up to 100 m.p.h.

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noun propeller of an aircraft

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DeutschLuftschraube, Flugzeugpropeller
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"airscrew." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/airscrew. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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airscrew. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/airscrew

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@misc{airscrew_2026,
  title = {airscrew},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/airscrew},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}