feather

Submitted by György Chityil ... on Fri, 01/19/2018 - 18:05
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{{aeronautics}} To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller doesn't windmill as the aircraft flies.
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feather
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Wiktionary
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aeronautics
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621314