twin-screw

twin-screw
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: having a right-handed screw propeller and a left-handed screw propeller parallel to each other one on each side of the plane of the keel — compare single-screw

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/twin"skrooh"/, adj. Naut.
(of a vessel) having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.
[1860-65]

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twinˈ-screw adjective
(of a ship) with two propellers on separate shafts
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Main Entry:twin

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twin-screw «TWIHN SKROO», adjective.
equipped with two propellers, which revolve in opposite directions.

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adj. (of a ship) having two propellers on separate shafts that rotate in opposite directions

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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