Meanings
nounturboshaft (plural turboshafts)
plural turboshafts
- A gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft, used in helicopters and for land and marine vehicular and stationary applications.
Origin
- Englishturbinebf.
- Ancient Greekτύρβη (túrbē)bor.?
- Latinturba
- Latinturbō, ~binis
- Englishturbo-
- Englishshaft
- Englishturboshaft
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 涡轮轴发动机, 渦輪軸發動機 /涡轮轴发动机
- 涡轮轴发动机gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft
- 渦輪軸發動機 /涡轮轴发动机gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft
Dutch turboshaft
- turboshaftgas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft
Finnish turbiinimoottori
- turbiinimoottorigas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft
French turbomoteur
- turbomoteurgas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft
German Wellenturbine
- Wellenturbinegas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft
Polish silnik turbowałowy
- silnik turbowałowygas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft
Portuguese turboeixo
- turboeixogas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft
Russian газотурби́нный дви́гатель
- газотурби́нный дви́гатель (gazoturbínnyj dvígatelʹ)gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft
Spanish turboeje
- turboejegas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft
Cite this entry
APA
turboshaft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turboshaft
MLA
“turboshaft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turboshaft. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turboshaft,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turboshaft.
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