multibladeadj.
/ˈmʌltɪbleɪd/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈbleɪd/; see also multi- comb. form. Having more than two blades; = multibladed adj.
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1910 Westm. Gaz. 24 Mar. 5/2 This is the Pitter multi-blade propeller, which..is claimed to give an enormous thrust at low speeds.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. 70 The multi-blade fan located in front of the engine has an output of up to 40,000 cu ft per min.
1996 Jrnl. Fluid Mech. 324 355 Two-dimensional steady laminar flows past multiple thin blades positioned in near or exact sequence are examined... All the interactions involved seem peculiar to multi-blade flows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1910- photogrammetrist
- photogrammetrists
- photogrammetry
- photograms
- photograph
- photograph album
- photograph book
- photograph camera
- photograph frame
- photograph gallery
- photograph-like
- photographable
- photographed
- photographee
- photographeme
- photographer
- photographers
- photographess
- photographic
- photographic magnitude
- photographic memory
- photographic paper
- photographica
- photographical
- photographically