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blucket

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Germanic *bladą Proto-West Germanic *blad Old English blæd Middle English bladder. Middle English blade English blade Middle English boket English bucket blend English blucket Blend of blade + bucket; the use of bucket here refers to the inner, turbine portion of the blade.

  1. derived from *būkaz✻
  2. derived from *būk✻ — “belly, stomach”
  3. derived from *būcus✻
  4. derived from buc — “abdomen; object with a cavity”
  5. derived from buket
  6. derived from bucc
  7. inherited from buket
  8. compounded as blucket — “blade + bucket”

Definitions

  1. A type of turbine blade where the inner portion of the blade is driven by expanding…

    A type of turbine blade where the inner portion of the blade is driven by expanding exhaust gases from the engine core, while the outer portion extends into the bypass duct and serves as a fan blade; used on a few turbofans with rear-mounted fans.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA