variable-pitch propeller

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   propeller for which the angle of the blades is adjustable

   Broaderpropeller

Questions about variable-pitch propeller

What does variable-pitch propeller mean?

variable-pitch propeller means "propeller for which the angle of the blades is adjustable".

Is variable-pitch propeller a common word?

variable-pitch propeller 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.