highly skewed propeller

highly skewed propeller

[′hī·lē ‚skyüd prə′pel·ər]

(naval architecture)

A marine propeller whose blades are in the form of scimitars, typically with the tip of one blade aligning radially with the root of the following blade.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.