Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TURBOPROP
propjet, turboprop, turbo-propeller plane
(noun) an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
turboprop (plural turboprops)
A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
(aviation) An aircraft that uses a turboprop engine.
Synonyms
• propjet
Coordinate terms
(type of gas-turbine aircraft engine): turbofan, turbojet, turboshaft, propfan, fanjet, HBFJ
Source: Wiktionary
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