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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An engine that develops thrust by ejecting a jet, especially a jet of gaseous combustion products.
- noun An engine that obtains the oxygen needed from the atmosphere, used especially to propel aircraft and distinguished from rocket engines having self-contained fuel-oxidizer systems.
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- noun an engine that obtains
thrust by taking inair at thefront , using it toburn fuel , thenejecting the hotcombustion products at therear through apropulsive nozzle - noun any engine
propelled by expelling a high speedfluid jet (jet propulsion ), such as arocket ,turbojet ,turbofan ,ramjet etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion
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