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Turboprop vs Piston - What's the difference?

turboprop | piston |

As nouns the difference between turboprop and piston

is that turboprop is a type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller while piston is a solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump.

As a verb piston is

{{cx|intransitive|lang=en}} To move up and down like a piston.

As a proper noun Piston is

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turboprop

English

Noun

(wikipedia turboprop) (en noun)
  • A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
  • Synonyms

    * propjet

    Coordinate terms

    (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) turbofan, turbojet, turboshaft, propfan, fanjet, HBFJ

    See also

    * gas turbine

    piston

    English

    (wikipedia piston)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
  • (music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch
  • Derived terms

    * piston rod * piston ring * pistoning

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move up and down like a piston.
  • Anagrams

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