frank whittle

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   English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)

   SynonymsWhittleSir Frank Whittle

   Broaderaeronautical engineer

Questions about frank whittle

What does frank whittle mean?

frank whittle means "English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)".

What is another word for frank whittle?

Close synonyms include Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frank whittle a common word?

frank whittle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.