A device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer)
1She rose like a zeppelin on power takeoff, and began to read in a singsong voice from a page covered with arithmetic.
2The flight included a full- power takeoff and climb, cruise at 37,000 feet, descent, approach and landing and was considered a success.
3Frenchman Clement Ader successfully made the first powered takeoff from level ground in his Eole aircraft in 1890.
4Power takeoff from the Model-A.